Books like Jellicoe Road

Looking for books like Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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American Born Chinese530L
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2000s).
Chains780L
Overlapping grades (5–9) and the same era (2000s).
Claudette Colvingrades 6–10
Overlapping grades (6–10) and the same era (2000s).
Day of Tearsgrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2000s).
Eragongrades 6–9
Overlapping grades (6–9) and the same era (2000s).
Forged by Firegrades 7–10
Overlapping grades (7–10) and the same era (2000s).
Going Bovinegrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2000s).
How I Live Nowgrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2000s).
Life of Pi830L
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2000s).
Looking for Alaskagrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2000s).

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