What books are similar to Twelve Days in May?

The 10 closest matches to Twelve Days in May by Larry Dane Brimner on ReadingList include Almost Astronauts, An American Plague, Balloons over Broadway, Black Potatoes, and Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Twelve Days in May reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

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Books like Twelve Days in May

If you liked Twelve Days in May, read Almost Astronauts, An American Plague, or Balloons over Broadway — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Twelve Days in May by Larry Dane Brimner? 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 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Almost Astronautsgrades 5–9: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
An American Plaguegrades 6–10: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Balloons over Broadwaygrades 1–4: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (1–4), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Black Potatoesgrades 6–10: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon920L: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Funny Bonesgrades 2–5: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Kakapo Rescuegrades 4–7: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Girl Who Drew Butterfliesgrades 5–9: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Voice That Challenged a Nationgrades 6–10: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Wallgrades 5–9: Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →

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What books are similar to Twelve Days in May?: The 10 closest matches to Twelve Days in May by Larry Dane Brimner on ReadingList include Almost Astronauts, An American Plague, Balloons over Broadway, Black Potatoes, and Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Twelve Days in May reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–8), 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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