Books like Pie in the Sky

Looking for books like Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of immigration, grief, and baking. 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Pie in the Sky

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Why each is a match

Front Desk640L
Shares themes of immigration, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Mick Harte Was Heregrades 5–8
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Save Me a Seat780L
Shares themes of immigration, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybegrades 4–7
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Boy at the Back of the Classgrades 3–6
Shares themes of immigration, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrisegrades 5–8
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Hope in the Valleygrades 3–6
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Ruby Lost and Foundgrades 6–9
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
Walk Two Moons770L
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–7).
A Boy Called Batgrades 3–5
Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2010s).

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