# Books like The End of the Beginning

**10** books similar to *The End of the Beginning* by Avi (Adventure · grades 4–8), 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:** adventure and adventurers, insects, ants, voyages and travels
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## Similar books

- [Sheep](https://readinglist.school/book/sheep) by Valerie Hobbs _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Zoobreak](https://readinglist.school/book/zoobreak) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Crispin: The Cross of Lead](https://readinglist.school/book/crispin-the-cross-of-lead) by Avi _(Grades 3–7)_ — Is by Avi, the same author, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).
- [Jaguar](https://readinglist.school/book/jaguar) by Roland Smith _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Loot](https://readinglist.school/book/loot) by Jude Watson _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Sparrow Hawk Red](https://readinglist.school/book/sparrow-hawk-red) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Good Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-dog) by Avi _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Avi, the same author, overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2000s).
- [The Grand Escape](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grand-escape) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [The Cardboard Kingdom](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cardboard-kingdom) by Chad Sell _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [7 X 9 = Trouble](https://readinglist.school/book/7-x-9-trouble) by Claudia Mills _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Adventure), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2000s).

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