Books like Mid-Air

Looking for books like Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 5–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of grief, friendship, and growing up. 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 5–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Mid-Air

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Why each is a match

Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
Shares themes of friendship and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Harriet the Spygrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Old Yellergrades 5–8
Shares themes of grief and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
The Season of Styx Malone510L
Shares themes of friendship and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Between Two Brothersgrades 4–8
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Control Freaksgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Countdown to Yesterdaygrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Groundedgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
J vs. Kgrades 3–5
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).

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