# Books like Now Is Your Time

**10** books similar to *Now Is Your Time* by Walter Dean Myers (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 4–8), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Slam](https://readinglist.school/book/slam) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Walter Dean Myers, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Fallen Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/fallen-angels) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Walter Dean Myers, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Lincoln: A Photobiography](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Maid for It](https://readinglist.school/book/maid-for-it) by Jamie Sumner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-astronauts-guide-to-leaving-the-planet) by Terry Virts _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Weirdo](https://readinglist.school/book/weirdo) by Tony Weaver, Jr. _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Wish I Was a Baller](https://readinglist.school/book/wish-i-was-a-baller) by Amar Shah _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-dad-growing-up-with-a-parent-in-prison-and-how-we-stayed-connected) by Jay Jay Patton _(Grades 4–5)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (4–5).
- [Is It Real?: The Loch Ness Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/is-it-real-the-loch-ness-monster) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–5)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (4–5).

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