Books like White Lies

Looking for books like White Lies by Ann Bausum (Children's · grades 6–12)? 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.

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10 books similar to White Lies

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Why each is a match

A Face for Picassogrades 6–12
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (6–12), and the same era (2020s).
A Plate of Hopegrades 3–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2020s).
A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
A Sitting in St. Jamesgrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
A World Without Summergrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
Absurd Wordsgrades 6–12
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (6–12), and the same era (2020s).
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Teamgrades 6–12
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (6–12), and the same era (2020s).
Beneath the Wide Silk Skygrades 9–12
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
Black Girl You Are Atlasgrades 3–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2020s).
Chancegrades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2020s).

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