Books like The Forbidden Book

Looking for books like The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb (Young Adult Fiction · grades 7–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of identity, survival, and religion. 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 7–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Why each is a match

Life of Pi830L
Shares themes of identity, survival, and religion and overlapping grades (9–12).
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Never Thought I'd End Up Heregrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Shut Up, This Is Seriousgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Sky's Endgrades 7–12
Shares themes of survival, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
That's Not My Namegrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity and survival and overlapping grades (9–12).
The Last Bloodcarvergrades 6–9
Shares themes of identity and survival and overlapping grades (6–9).
The Silence That Binds Usgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
American Born Chinese530L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ender's Game780L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).

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