Books like The Door in the Wall

Looking for books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (Young Adult Fiction · grades 3–7)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Door in the Wall

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American Born Chinese530L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ender's Game780L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (6–10).
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
Long Way Down720L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
Never Thought I'd End Up Heregrades 7–12
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
Sky's Endgrades 7–12
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
The Bronze Bowgrades 3–7
Same genre (YOUNG ADULT FICTION) and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Forbidden Bookgrades 7–12
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–12).
The Hero and the Crowngrades 3–7
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Outsiders750L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (7–9).

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