# Books like Mid-Air

**10** books similar to *Mid-Air* by Alicia D. Williams (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 5–8), 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:** grief, friendship, growing up
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## Similar books

- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and growing up, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Between Two Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/between-two-brothers) by Crystal Allen _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Confessions of a Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/confessions-of-a-class-clown) by Arianne Costner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Control Freaks](https://readinglist.school/book/control-freaks) by J.E. Thomas _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Harriet the Spy](https://readinglist.school/book/harriet-the-spy) by Louise Fitzhugh _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [J vs. K](https://readinglist.school/book/j-vs-k) by Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Not Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/not-nothing) by Gayle Forman _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).

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