# Books like Wildful

**10** books similar to *Wildful* by Kengo Kurimoto (Middle Grade Graphic Novel · grades 4–8), 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.

**Themes:** nature, family, grief, healing
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/wildful
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Duel](https://readinglist.school/book/duel) by Jessixa Bagley _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Between Two Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/between-two-brothers) by Crystal Allen _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Global](https://readinglist.school/book/global) by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of nature, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody](https://readinglist.school/book/chronicles-of-a-lizard-nobody) by Patrick Ness _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Maine Student Book Award list, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Mid-Air](https://readinglist.school/book/mid-air) by Alicia D. Williams _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Night Train](https://readinglist.school/book/the-night-train) by Lorelei Savaryn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens](https://readinglist.school/book/mountain-of-fire) by Rebecca E. Barone _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of nature, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe](https://readinglist.school/book/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-maybe) by Jo Watson Hackl _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of nature and grief and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/spooky-lakes) by Geo Rutherford _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of nature, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-caves) by Lindsey Leigh _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of nature, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–7).

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