# Books like Nova's Ark

**10** books similar to *Nova's Ark* by Kirk, David (Science Fiction · grades 2–8), 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:** interplanetary voyages, robots, science fiction, father and son
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## Similar books

- [My Robot Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/my-robot-buddy) by Alfred Slote _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of robots and science fiction, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Aliens Ate My Homework](https://readinglist.school/book/aliens-ate-my-homework) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of science fiction, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Shape-Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/shape-changer) by Bill Brittain _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of science fiction, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Virtually Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/virtually-perfect) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of science fiction, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-great-glass-elevator) by Roald Dahl _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of science fiction, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The House of the Scorpion](https://readinglist.school/book/the-house-of-the-scorpion) by Nancy Farmer _(Grades 7–10)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–10).
- [Among the Hidden](https://readinglist.school/book/among-the-hidden) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Science Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [A Bad Case of Stripes](https://readinglist.school/book/a-bad-case-of-stripes) by David Shannon _(Grades 2–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Bone](https://readinglist.school/book/bone) by Jeff Smith _(Grades 2–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Dog Breath](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-breath) by Dav Pilkey _(Grades 2–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (1990s).

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