Books like Now Is Your Time

Looking for books like Now Is Your Time by Walter Dean Myers (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 4–8)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Now Is Your Time

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Why each is a match

A Visit to William Blake's Inngrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglassgrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Story of Mankindgrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Lesson Before Dying750L
Overlapping grades (8–12) and the same era (1990s).
Ajeemah and His Songrades 4–9
Overlapping grades (4–9) and the same era (1990s).
Alphabaticsgrades K–5
Overlapping grades (K–5) and the same era (1990s).
Among the Hiddengrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).
Barriogrades K–5
Overlapping grades (K–5) and the same era (1990s).
Bud, Not Buddy950L
Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
Bull Rungrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).

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