# Books like The Honorable Prison

**10** books similar to *The Honorable Prison* by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–10), 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:** freedom of speech, political prisoners, prisons, fiction, newspapers, fiction
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## Similar books

- [A Time of Troubles](https://readinglist.school/book/a-time-of-troubles) by Pieter Van Raven _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Two Suns in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/two-suns-in-the-sky) by Miriam Bat-Ami _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Worth](https://readinglist.school/book/worth) by A. LaFaye _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Streams to the River, River to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/streams-to-the-river-river-to-the-sea) by Scott O'Dell _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (1980s).
- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [December Stillness](https://readinglist.school/book/december-stillness) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Ghost in My Soup](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-in-my-soup) by Judi Miller _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Taking Terri Mueller](https://readinglist.school/book/taking-terri-mueller) by Norma Fox Mazer _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [The Root Cellar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-root-cellar) by Janet Lunn _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Chains](https://readinglist.school/book/chains) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(780L · Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (5–9).

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