# Books like The Thing About Luck

**10** books similar to *The Thing About Luck* by Cynthia Kadohata, 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.

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## Similar books

- [1919 The Year That Changed America](https://readinglist.school/book/1919-the-year-that-changed-america) by Martin W. Sandler _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Goblin Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/goblin-secrets) by William Alexander _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
- [Inside Out & Back Again](https://readinglist.school/book/inside-out-and-back-again) by Thanhha Lai _(800L · Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Mockingbird](https://readinglist.school/book/mockingbird-erskine) by Kathryn Erskine _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [The Penderwicks](https://readinglist.school/book/the-penderwicks) by Jeanne Birdsall _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (8–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [A First Time for Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/a-first-time-for-everything) by Dan Santat _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Claudette Colvin](https://readinglist.school/book/claudette-colvin-twice-toward-justice) by Phillip Hoose _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Kareem Between](https://readinglist.school/book/kareem-between) by Shifa Saltagi Safadi _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list and overlapping grades (4–7).

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