# Books like Night Kites

**10** books similar to *Night Kites* by M. E. Kerr (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), 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:** family problems, aids (disease), brothers, social life and customs
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## Similar books

- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Breaking Boxes](https://readinglist.school/book/breaking-boxes) by A. M. Jenkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Master Harold...and the Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/master-harold-and-the-boys) by Athol Fugard _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of family problems, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Izzy, Willy-Nilly](https://readinglist.school/book/izzy-willy-nilly) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Perfect Chemistry](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect-chemistry) by Simone Elkeles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family problems, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Selected Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/selected-stories) by Katherine Mansfield _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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