Books like Ruby Lost and Found

Looking for books like Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9)? It’s most often read for its themes of grief, family, and identity. 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 Ruby Lost and Found

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Why each is a match

Dear Mr. Henshawgrades 4–6
Shares themes of grief, family, and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
Walk Two Moons770L
Shares themes of grief, family, and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–7).
Hope in the Valleygrades 3–6
Shares themes of grief and family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Invisible Isabelgrades 3–6
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Stand Up, Yumi Chunggrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Stuntboy, In-Between Timegrades 3–6
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Ghost Boys360L
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Mick Harte Was Heregrades 5–8
Shares themes of grief and family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
So B. Itgrades 5–8
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
The Crossover750L
Shares themes of grief, family, and identity and overlapping grades (5–8).

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