What books are similar to The Compound?

The 10 closest matches to The Compound by S. A. Bodeen on ReadingList include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Danger Zone, Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Ghost Boys, and The Hunger Games. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–9), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Compound reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–9), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like The Compound

If you liked The Compound, read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Danger Zone, or Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

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Looking for books like The Compound by S. A. Bodeen (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 6–9 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsgrades 7–10: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon → books like this →
Danger Zonegrades 6–9: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphreygrades 6–9: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Ghost Boys360L: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Hunger Games810L: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
So B. Itgrades 5–8: Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Stargirlgrades 6–9: Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
High Heatgrades 6–9: Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Mississippi Trial, 1955grades 6–9: Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Night Hoopsgrades 6–9: Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →