# Books like Something Like Home

**10** books similar to *Something Like Home* by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Verse Novel · grades 6–8), matched on shared themes, 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, identity, perseverance
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## Similar books

- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, identity, and perseverance and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Other Words for Home](https://readinglist.school/book/other-words-for-home) by Jasmine Warga _(930L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [A Work in Progress](https://readinglist.school/book/a-work-in-progress) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Boy 2.0](https://readinglist.school/book/boy-2-0) by Tracey Baptiste _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and identity and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Brick Dust and Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/brick-dust-and-bones) by M.R. Fournet _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Control Freaks](https://readinglist.school/book/control-freaks) by J.E. Thomas _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of identity and perseverance and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight](https://readinglist.school/book/dona-quixote-rise-of-the-knight) by Rey Terciero _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family and identity and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Good Different](https://readinglist.school/book/good-different) by Meg Eden Kuyatt _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–9).

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