Books like The First Part Last

Looking for books like The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (Young Adult Fiction · grades 4–8)? 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 First Part Last

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Why each is a match

American Born Chinese530L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction), overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2000s).
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).
Monster670L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (8–11).
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).
Speak690L
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (8–10).
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rushgrades 4–8
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
The Door in the Wallgrades 3–7
Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).

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