# Books like Twelve Days in May

**10** books similar to *Twelve Days in May* by Larry Dane Brimner, 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

- [Kakapo Rescue](https://readinglist.school/book/kakapo-rescue) by Sy Montgomery _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
- [The Girl Who Drew Butterflies](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-drew-butterflies) by Joyce Sidman _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [Almost Astronauts](https://readinglist.school/book/almost-astronauts) by Tanya Lee Stone _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Seen and Unseen](https://readinglist.school/book/seen-and-unseen) by Elizabeth Partridge _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Team Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/team-moon) by Catherine Thimmesh _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [The Mona Lisa Vanishes](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mona-lisa-vanishes) by Nicholas Day _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Wall](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wall-peter-sis) by Peter Sís _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [We Are the Ship](https://readinglist.school/book/we-are-the-ship) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon](https://readinglist.school/book/bomb) by Steve Sheinkin _(920L · Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Boy Called Christmas](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-christmas) by Matt Haig _(Grades 3–10)_ — Overlapping grades (3–10) and the same era (2010s).

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