Books like The Hidden Kingdom

Looking for books like The Hidden Kingdom by Tui T. Sutherland (Fantasy · grades 3–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of dragons, war, and loyalty. 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to The Hidden Kingdom

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Why each is a match

Pax760L
Shares themes of war and loyalty and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Dragonet Prophecygrades 3–7
Shares themes of war, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Lost Heirgrades 3–7
Shares themes of dragons, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Eragongrades 6–9
Shares themes of dragons, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–9).
A Long Walk to Water720L
Shares themes of war and overlapping grades (5–8).
A Tale Dark and Grimmgrades 4–7
Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
Alliesgrades 5–9
Shares themes of war and overlapping grades (5–9).
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon920L
Shares themes of war and overlapping grades (6–9).
City of Ghostsgrades 4–7
Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
Echo680L
Shares themes of war and overlapping grades (5–8).

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