What books are similar to The Blackbird Girls?

The 10 closest matches to The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman on ReadingList include Dogtag Summer, Lily and Dunkin, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Airball: My Life in Briefs, and All the Impossible Things. Each is scored on shared themes (europe, history, fiction), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Blackbird Girls reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–8), 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.

Books like The Blackbird Girls

If you liked The Blackbird Girls, read Dogtag Summer, Lily and Dunkin, or The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge

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Looking for books like The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of europe, history, fiction. 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 6–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Dogtag Summergrades 6–8: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
Lily and Dunkingrades 6–8: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrisegrades 5–8: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Airball: My Life in Briefsgrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
All the Impossible Thingsgrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Amal Unboundgrades 5–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Best Friendsgrades 4–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Breakoutgrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Cardboardgrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Chompgrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to The Blackbird Girls?: The 10 closest matches to The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman on ReadingList include Dogtag Summer, Lily and Dunkin, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Airball: My Life in Briefs, and All the Impossible Things. Each is scored on shared themes (europe, history, fiction), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like The Blackbird Girls reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–8), 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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