# Books like Missing May

**10** books similar to *Missing May* by Cynthia Rylant (Children's · grades 4–9), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds](https://readinglist.school/book/appalachia-the-voices-of-sleeping-birds) by Cynthia Rylant _(Grades 4–10)_ — Is by Cynthia Rylant, the same author, both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, and same genre (Children's).
- [M.C. Higgins, the Great](https://readinglist.school/book/m-c-higgins-the-great) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/a-drop-of-water-a-book-of-science-and-wonder) by Walter Wick _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Ajeemah and His Son](https://readinglist.school/book/ajeemah-and-his-son) by James Berry _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Chuck Close](https://readinglist.school/book/chuck-close-face-book) by Robert Storr _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Goldengrove ; Unleaving](https://readinglist.school/book/unleaving) by Jill Paton Walsh _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Orphan Train Rider](https://readinglist.school/book/orphan-train-rider-one-boys-true-story) by Andrea Warren _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Poppy](https://readinglist.school/book/poppy) by Avi _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).

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