# Books like Powerless

**10** books similar to *Powerless* by Matthew Cody (Fantasy · grades 4–7), 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.

**Themes:** superheroes, friendship, memory
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/powerless-matthew-cody
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## Similar books

- [The Indian in the Cupboard](https://readinglist.school/book/the-indian-in-the-cupboard) by Lynne Reid Banks _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Fantasy).
- [Ella Enchanted](https://readinglist.school/book/ella-enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Giver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giver) by Lois Lowry _(760L · Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of memory, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Lost Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-hero) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of memory, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism](https://readinglist.school/book/molly-moons-incredible-book-of-hypnotism) by Georgia Byng _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Eragon](https://readinglist.school/book/eragon) by Christopher Paolini _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2000s).
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) by Gordon Korman _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of memory, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Girl in a Cage](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-in-a-cage) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).

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