# 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, 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, identity, perseverance
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## Similar books

- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family and perseverance, both on the South Carolina Junior Book Award list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl](https://readinglist.school/book/shinji-takahashi-and-the-mark-of-the-coatl) by Julie Kagawa _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of identity and perseverance and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [It's All or Nothing, Vale](https://readinglist.school/book/its-all-or-nothing-vale) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Andrea Beatriz Arango, the same author and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Global](https://readinglist.school/book/global) by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of perseverance, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Booked](https://readinglist.school/book/booked) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [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).

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