What books are similar to The Last Bloodcarver?

The 10 closest matches to The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le on ReadingList include The Reappearance of Rachel Price, Amir and the Jinn Princess, Boy 2.0, Impossible Creatures, and Puzzleheart. Each is scored on shared themes (fantasy, healing, and identity), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 7–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Last Bloodcarver reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 7–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like The Last Bloodcarver

If you liked The Last Bloodcarver, read The Reappearance of Rachel Price, Amir and the Jinn Princess, or Boy 2.0 — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Looking for books like The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le (Young Adult Fantasy · grades 7–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of fantasy, healing, and identity. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 7–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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The Reappearance of Rachel Pricegrades 7–12: Shares themes of identity and mystery and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon →
Amir and the Jinn Princessgrades 4–8: Shares themes of fantasy, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Boy 2.0grades 4–8: Shares themes of identity, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Impossible Creaturesgrades 4–8: Shares themes of fantasy, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Puzzleheartgrades 4–8: Shares themes of mystery, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
The Night Traingrades 4–8: Shares themes of mystery, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
The Partition Projectgrades 4–8: Shares themes of identity, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
The Sherlock Societygrades 4–8: Shares themes of mystery, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
The Westing Game750L: Shares themes of identity and mystery and overlapping grades (5–7). Amazon →
Wildfulgrades 4–8: Shares themes of healing, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →

Books like The Last Bloodcarver for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of fantasy and identity.
A Mischief of Mice by Christie Matheson · grades K–3 — Shares themes of mystery.
Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity.
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity.
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin · grades K–3 — Shares themes of identity.

Books like The Last Bloodcarver for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of fantasy and identity.
A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of fantasy and both on the Maine Student Book Award list.
Ghost by Jason Reynolds · 730L — Shares themes of identity, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of fantasy, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
A Mischief of Mice by Christie Matheson · grades K–3 — Shares themes of mystery.

Books like The Last Bloodcarver for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of fantasy and both on the Maine Student Book Award list.
Ghost by Jason Reynolds · 730L — Shares themes of identity, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of fantasy, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of identity.
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery.

Books like The Last Bloodcarver for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

That's Not My Name by Megan Lally · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of identity and mystery.
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of healing.
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (6–9).
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of mystery.

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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