# Books like Look Both Ways

**10** books similar to *Look Both Ways* by Jason Reynolds (Realistic Fiction · grades 5–8), matched on shared themes, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** community, childhood, connection
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## Similar books

- [The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street](https://readinglist.school/book/the-vanderbeekers-of-141st-street) by Karina Yan Glaser _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of community, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [You Are Here: Connecting Flights](https://readinglist.school/book/you-are-here-connecting-flights) by Ellen Oh _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of community, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Boy Named Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-named-queen) by Sara Cassidy _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Amal Unbound](https://readinglist.school/book/amal-unbound) by Aisha Saeed _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Ava and Pip](https://readinglist.school/book/ava-and-pip) by Carol Weston _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Backlash](https://readinglist.school/book/backlash) by Sarah Darer Littman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Ban This Book](https://readinglist.school/book/ban-this-book) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 3–6)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2010s).
- [Clayton Byrd Goes Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/clayton-byrd-goes-underground) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [Counting by 7s](https://readinglist.school/book/counting-by-7s) by Holly Goldberg Sloan _(Grades 2–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (2010s).

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