What books are similar to Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard?

The 10 closest matches to Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly on ReadingList include Torch, Murder Among Friends, Uglies, Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, and Divergent. Each is scored on shared themes (history, courage, and identity), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), 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.

Books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard

If you liked Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard, read Torch, Murder Among Friends, or Uglies — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann — shares history and courage

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Looking for books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly (Graphic Novel · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of history, courage, and identity. 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 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Torchgrades 9–12: Shares themes of history and courage and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Murder Among Friendsgrades 9–12: Shares themes of history, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Ugliesgrades 9–12: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boygrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Divergentgrades 8–12: Shares themes of courage and identity and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon → books like this →
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrengrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Twilightgrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Divine Rivalsgrades 9–12: Shares themes of courage, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
That's Not My Namegrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Silence That Binds Usgrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →