# Books like The Face at the Edge of the World

**10** books similar to *The Face at the Edge of the World* by Eve Bunting (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), 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:** suicide, african americans, suicide, fiction, african americans, fiction
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## Similar books

- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Jumping the Nail](https://readinglist.school/book/jumping-the-nail) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of african americans, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of african americans, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-and-the-kings-horseman) by Wole Soyinka _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Thirteen Reasons Why](https://readinglist.school/book/thirteen-reasons-why) by Jay Asher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Izzy, Willy-Nilly](https://readinglist.school/book/izzy-willy-nilly) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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