Books like Wilderness
Looking for books like Wilderness by David Thompson (Fiction · grades 4–8)? The 7 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 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
7 books similar to Wilderness
- A Smart Kid Like YouStella Pevsner
- Motown and DidiWalter Dean Myers
- SounderWilliam H. Armstrong
- The Dark FrigateHawes C.
- The FriendshipTara Taylor Quinn
- The Midwife's ApprenticeKaren Cushman
- Young Fu of the Upper YangtzeElizabeth Foreman Lewis
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Why each is a match
- A Smart Kid Like Yougrades 4–8
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Motown and Didigrades 4–8
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Soundergrades 3–7
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- The Dark Frigategrades 3–7
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- The Friendshipgrades 4–8
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- The Midwife's Apprenticegrades 3–7
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtzegrades 3–7
- Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).