# Books like Wish I Was a Baller

**10** books similar to *Wish I Was a Baller* by Amar Shah (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 6–8), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Weirdo](https://readinglist.school/book/weirdo) by Tony Weaver, Jr. _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list, same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [A Visit to William Blake's Inn](https://readinglist.school/book/a-visit-to-william-blakes-inn) by Nancy Willard _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [A Mango-Shaped Space](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mango-shaped-space) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Amari and the Night Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/amari-and-the-night-brothers) by B. B. Alston _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Black Brother, Black Brother](https://readinglist.school/book/black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Blended](https://readinglist.school/book/blended) by Sharon M. Draper _(610L · Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Class Act](https://readinglist.school/book/class-act) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (4–8).

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