Books like The Last Hope in Hopetown

Looking for books like The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud (Middle Grade Fantasy · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of family, courage, 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 The Last Hope in Hopetown

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Why each is a match

Amir and the Jinn Princessgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Brick Dust and Bonesgrades 6–8
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knightgrades 3–6
Shares themes of family, courage, and identity and overlapping grades (3–6).
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecygrades 3–7
Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatlgrades 6–8
Shares themes of courage and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Stuntboy, In-Between Timegrades 3–6
Shares themes of family, courage, and identity and overlapping grades (3–6).
The Witching Windgrades 3–6
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Fablehavengrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone880L
Shares themes of courage and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
The False Princegrades 5–9
Shares themes of courage and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (5–9).

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