Books like Rewind

If you liked Rewind, read Operation Final Notice, Roll for Initiative, or A Scar like a River — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Operation Final Notice by Matthew Landis — shares family

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Looking for books like Rewind by Lisa Graff (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of time travel, family, and second chances. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Operation Final Noticegrades 4–8
Shares themes of family, both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
Roll for Initiativegrades 4–8
Shares themes of family, both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9
Is by Lisa Graff, the same author, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Groundedgrades 4–8
Both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Between Two Brothersgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Boy 2.0grades 4–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Jawbreakergrades 3–7
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
Puzzleheartgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Firefly Summergrades 3–7
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Labors of Hercules Bealgrades 3–7
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Rewind for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

  • The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
  • The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
  • Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams · grades 5–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2020s).
  • Not Nothing by Gayle Forman · grades 4–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
  • Popcorn by Rob Harrell · grades 4–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).

Books like Rewind for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
  • The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
  • All the Ways to Go by Jessie Janowitz · grades 6–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
  • Breaking into Sunlight by John Cochran · grades 6–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
  • Confessions of a Class Clown by Arianne Costner · grades 6–8 — Same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).

Common questions

What books are similar to Rewind?
The 10 closest matches to Rewind by Lisa Graff on ReadingList include Operation Final Notice, Roll for Initiative, A Scar like a River, Grounded, and Between Two Brothers. Each is scored on shared themes (time travel, family, and second chances), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Rewind reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–8), 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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