# Books like The Crossover

**10** books similar to *The Crossover* by Kwame Alexander (Verse Novel · 750L · 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, brotherhood, basketball, grief, identity
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## Similar books

- [Rebound](https://readinglist.school/book/rebound) by Kwame Alexander _(780L · 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.
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Shares themes of family, grief, and identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list (+3 more shared lists), and a close reading level (770L vs 750L).
- [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).
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+4 more shared lists), and a close reading level (730L vs 750L).
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) by Gordon Korman _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+3 more shared lists), and a close reading level (730L vs 750L).
- [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 grief, both on the Massachusetts Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and a close reading level (700L vs 750L).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and a close reading level (800L vs 750L).
- [Out of My Mind](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-my-mind) by Sharon M. Draper _(700L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+3 more shared lists), and a close reading level (700L vs 750L).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family, grief, and identity, both on the Newbery Medal list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+5 more shared lists), and a close reading level (820L vs 750L).

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