Books like The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry
Looking for books like The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of adventure, courage, and self-discovery. 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 3–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry
Boy 2.0Tracey Baptiste
GroundedAisha Saeed, S.K. Ali, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Huda Al-Marashi
Impossible CreaturesKatherine Rundell
Simon Sort of SaysErin Bow
The First State of BeingErin Entrada Kelly
Mr. Popper's PenguinsRichard Atwater · Florence Atwater · 910L
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHRobert C. O'Brien · 790L
My Father's DragonRuth Stiles Gannett · 990L
StormbreakerAnthony Horowitz
Stuart LittleE.B. White · 920L
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Why each is a match
- Boy 2.0grades 4–8
- Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Groundedgrades 4–8
- Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Impossible Creaturesgrades 4–8
- Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Simon Sort of Saysgrades 6–8
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- The First State of Beinggrades 6–8
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- Mr. Popper's Penguins910L
- Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH790L
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- My Father's Dragon990L
- Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (2–4).
- Stormbreakergrades 5–8
- Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (5–8).
- Stuart Little920L
- Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).