# Books like Rebound

**10** books similar to *Rebound* by Kwame Alexander (Verse Novel · 780L · grades 5–8), 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:** family, grief and memory, coming of age, basketball
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/rebound
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Is by Kwame Alexander, the same author, shares themes of family and basketball, and both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list.
- [Booked](https://readinglist.school/book/booked) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades 5–8)_ — Is by Kwame Alexander, the same author, shares themes of family, and same genre (Verse Novel).
- [Other Words for Home](https://readinglist.school/book/other-words-for-home) by Jasmine Warga _(930L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and a close reading level (930L vs 780L).
- [Tuck Everlasting](https://readinglist.school/book/tuck-everlasting) by Natalie Babbitt _(770L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (770L vs 780L).
- [The Giver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giver) by Lois Lowry _(760L · Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (760L vs 780L).
- [The Graveyard Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-graveyard-book) by Neil Gaiman _(820L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (820L vs 780L).
- [The Witch of Blackbird Pond](https://readinglist.school/book/the-witch-of-blackbird-pond) by Elizabeth George Speare _(850L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (850L vs 780L).
- [Where the Red Fern Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-red-fern-grows) by Wilson Rawls _(700L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and coming of age, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (700L vs 780L).
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and coming of age and a close reading level (1000L vs 780L).
- [Something Like Home](https://readinglist.school/book/something-like-home) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).

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