Books like Dragonwings

Looking for books like Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (Historical Fiction · 870L · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of immigration, Chinese-American experience, and family. 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 Dragonwings

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Why each is a match

Bud, Not Buddy950L
Shares themes of family and perseverance, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (950L vs 870L).
Other Words for Home930L
Shares themes of immigration and family and a close reading level (930L vs 870L).
Inside Out & Back Again800L
Shares themes of immigration and family and a close reading level (800L vs 870L).
Refugee800L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (800L vs 870L).
One Crazy Summer750L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (750L vs 870L).
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—19631000L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (1000L vs 870L).
A Long Walk to Water720L
Shares themes of perseverance, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (720L vs 870L).
Summer of the Monkeysgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Trumpet of the Swangrades 3–6
Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (3–6).
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry920L
Same genre (Historical Fiction), a close reading level (920L vs 870L), and the same era (1970s).

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