Books like The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

If you liked The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, read I Must Betray You, The Killer's Cousin, or Breathing Underwater — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

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Looking for books like The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12)? 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 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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I Must Betray Yougrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Killer's Cousingrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Breathing Underwatergrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Define "Normal"grades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Everything, Everythinggrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Girl, Stolengrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Hanging on to Maxgrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
If You Come Softlygrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
My Sister's Keepergrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Someone Like Yougrades 9–12
Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →

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Books like The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich for middle school (grades 6–8)

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

  • Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity by Dave Roman · grades 4–8 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
  • Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King · grades 6–8 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
  • City Spies by James Ponti · grades 4–6 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
  • Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko · grades 3–6 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
  • Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable · grades 4–8 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →

Common questions

What books are similar to The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich?
The 10 closest matches to The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz on ReadingList include I Must Betray You, The Killer's Cousin, Breathing Underwater, Define "Normal", and Everything, Everything. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), 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.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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