# Books like Pursuit

**10** books similar to *Pursuit* by Michael French (Adventure · grades 9–12), 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:** survival, death, hiking
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## Similar books

- [Downriver](https://readinglist.school/book/downriver) by Will Hobbs _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Adventure).
- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Silver Kiss](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silver-kiss) by Annette Curtis Klause _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [Watership Down](https://readinglist.school/book/watership-down) by Richard Adams _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [As I Lay Dying](https://readinglist.school/book/as-i-lay-dying) by William Faulkner _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of death and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Jude the Obscure](https://readinglist.school/book/jude-the-obscure) by Thomas Hardy _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of death and overlapping grades (11–12).

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