Books like Bad News for Outlaws

Looking for books like Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson? 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 Bad News for Outlaws

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A Mango-Shaped Spacegrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).
A Single Shard920L
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).
A Week in the Woodsgrades 3–6
Overlapping grades (3–6) and the same era (2000s).
All the Lovely Bad Onesgrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).
American Born Chinese530L
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2000s).
Artemis Fowlgrades 4–6
Overlapping grades (4–6) and the same era (2000s).
Because of Winn-Dixie610L
Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (2000s).
Bunniculagrades 3–6
Overlapping grades (3–6) and the same era (2000s).
Chains780L
Overlapping grades (5–9) and the same era (2000s).
Champgrades 3–5
Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (2000s).

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