Books like The Lost Year
Looking for books like The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of family, history, and perseverance. 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 6–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Lost Year
Brick Dust and BonesM.R. Fournet
Code Name KingfisherLiz Kessler
HeroesAlan Gratz
Nothing Else But MiraclesKate Albus
Operation Final NoticeMatthew Landis
Something Like HomeAndrea Beatriz Arango
The Fire of StarsKirsten W. Larson
The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of HockeyChad Soon & Amy Maranville
The Partition ProjectSaadia Faruqi
A Single ShardLinda Sue Park · 920L
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Why each is a match
- Brick Dust and Bonesgrades 6–8
- Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (6–8).
- Code Name Kingfishergrades 4–8
- Shares themes of family and history and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Heroesgrades 6–8
- Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- Nothing Else But Miraclesgrades 3–7
- Shares themes of family and history and overlapping grades (3–7).
- Operation Final Noticegrades 4–8
- Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Something Like Homegrades 6–8
- Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (6–8).
- The Fire of Starsgrades 4–8
- Shares themes of history and perseverance and overlapping grades (4–8).
- The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockeygrades 3–7
- Shares themes of history and perseverance and overlapping grades (3–7).
- The Partition Projectgrades 4–8
- Shares themes of family and history and overlapping grades (4–8).
- A Single Shard920L
- Shares themes of perseverance, same genre (Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)), and overlapping grades (5–8).