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, Divergent, Divine Rivals, Drama, and I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition). 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, Divergent, or Divine Rivals — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

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 →
Divergentgrades 8–12: Shares themes of courage and identity and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon →
Divine Rivalsgrades 9–12: Shares themes of courage, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Dramagrades 5–9: Shares themes of identity, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (5–9). Amazon →
I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)830L: Shares themes of courage and identity and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon →
Murder Among Friendsgrades 9–12: Shares themes of history, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
That's Not My Namegrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
The False Princegrades 5–9: Shares themes of courage and identity and overlapping grades (5–9). Amazon →
The Silence That Binds Usgrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12: Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon →

Books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of history and courage.
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack · grades K–3 — Shares themes of history and identity.
Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity and both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list.
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity and both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list.
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis · 590L — Shares themes of history and courage.

Books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of history, courage, and identity and both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list.
Hoops by Matt Tavares · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of history and courage and both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list.
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history and courage.
Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight by Rey Terciero · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of courage and identity.
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of history and courage.

Books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud · grades 6–8 — Shares themes of courage and identity and both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list.
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history and courage.
Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight by Rey Terciero · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of courage and identity.
Heroes by Alan Gratz · grades 6–8 — Shares themes of history and courage.
Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen · grades 3–7 — Shares themes of history and courage.

Books like Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (6–9).
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (6–9).
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (9–12).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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