Books like The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

Looking for books like The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose (Children's · grades 4–10)? 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.

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10 books similar to The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

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Why each is a match

A Ray of Lightgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Abigail Adamsgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Absolutely Positively Notgrades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
Arthur, For the Very First Timegrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).
At Nightgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
Between Shades Of Graygrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).
Big Red Lollipopgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
Black Enoughgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Black Potatoesgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Blink and Cautiongrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).

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