What books are similar to King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)?

The 10 closest matches to King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) by Kacen Callender on ReadingList include The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A First Time for Everything, Kareem Between, A Scar like a River, and A Sitting in St. James. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 5–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 5–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

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Books like King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

If you liked King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold), read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A First Time for Everything, or Kareem Between — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian600L: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon → books like this →
A First Time for Everythinggrades 4–8: Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Kareem Betweengrades 4–7: Both on the National Book Award for Young People's Literature list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
A Sitting in St. Jamesgrades 4–9: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
A World Without Summergrades 4–10: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Death in the Junglegrades 4–10: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
From a Whisper to a Rallying Crygrades 4–10: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Kingrades 4–9: Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
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What books are similar to King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)?: The 10 closest matches to King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) by Kacen Callender on ReadingList include The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A First Time for Everything, Kareem Between, A Scar like a River, and A Sitting in St. James. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 5–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 5–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?: Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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