# Books like Louder Than Hunger

**10** books similar to *Louder Than Hunger* by John Schu (Verse Novel · grades 7–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, 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:** mental health, identity, resilience
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## Similar books

- [A Work in Progress](https://readinglist.school/book/a-work-in-progress) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of mental health, identity, and resilience, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Crank](https://readinglist.school/book/crank) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Never Thought I'd End Up Here](https://readinglist.school/book/never-thought-id-end-up-here) by Ann Liang _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Speak](https://readinglist.school/book/speak) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(690L · Grades 8–10)_ — Shares themes of mental health and identity and overlapping grades (8–10).
- [The Catcher in the Rye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-catcher-in-the-rye) by J.D. Salinger _(790L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mental health and identity and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Color Purple](https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-purple) by Alice Walker _(670L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and resilience and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Forbidden Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-forbidden-book) by Sacha Lamb _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Reappearance of Rachel Price](https://readinglist.school/book/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Something Like Home](https://readinglist.school/book/something-like-home) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the South Carolina Junior Book Award list, and same genre (Verse Novel).

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