Books like Mockingbird

If you liked Mockingbird, read 1919 The Year That Changed America, Brown Girl Dreaming, or Goblin Secrets — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 5–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Mockingbird

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1919 The Year That Changed Americagrades 7–12
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Brown Girl Dreaming990L
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Goblin Secretsgrades 4–7
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Inside Out & Back Again800L
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Penderwicksgrades 4–7
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Poet X800L
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (8–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Thing About Luckgrades 5–8
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
A First Time for Everythinggrades 4–8
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Claudette Colvingrades 6–10
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon → books like this →
Kareem Betweengrades 4–7
Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Mockingbird for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

  • Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2010s).
  • Far From The Tree by Robin Benway · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2010s).
  • March Book Three by John Lewis · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2010s).
  • The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I by M. T. Anderson · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2010s).
  • What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell · grades 9–12 — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and the same era (2010s).

Common questions

What books are similar to Mockingbird?
The 10 closest matches to Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine on ReadingList include 1919 The Year That Changed America, Brown Girl Dreaming, Goblin Secrets, Inside Out & Back Again, and The Penderwicks. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 5–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Mockingbird reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 5–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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