What books are similar to The Reappearance of Rachel Price?

The 10 closest matches to The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson on ReadingList include Not Quite Dead Yet, Under the Surface, That's Not My Name, Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and How to Survive Your Murder. Each is scored on shared themes (mystery, family, and identity), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 7–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 7–12), 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 Reappearance of Rachel Price

If you liked The Reappearance of Rachel Price, read Not Quite Dead Yet, Under the Surface, or That's Not My Name — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson — shares mystery and family

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Looking for books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson (Mystery · grades 7–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of mystery, family, and identity. 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 7–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Not Quite Dead Yetgrades 7–12: Is by Holly Jackson, the same author, shares themes of mystery and family, and both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list. Amazon → books like this →
Under the Surfacegrades 7–12: Shares themes of mystery, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery). Amazon → books like this →
That's Not My Namegrades 9–12: Shares themes of mystery and identity, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Good Girl's Guide to Murdergrades 9–12: Is by Holly Jackson, the same author, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
How to Survive Your Murdergrades 9–12: Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12: Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Agathasgrades 9–12: Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Thirteen Reasons Whygrades 9–12: Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Never Thought I'd End Up Heregrades 7–12: Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
Louder Than Hungergrades 7–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →

Books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

A Mischief of Mice by Christie Matheson · grades K–3 — Shares themes of mystery.
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner · 490L — Shares themes of mystery and family.
Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick · grades K–3 — Same genre (Mystery).
In a Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz · grades K–3 — Same genre (Mystery).
Piggins by Jane Yolen · grades K–3 — Same genre (Mystery).

Books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

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

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective by Janet Tashjian · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and same genre (Mystery).
Fowl Play by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and family.
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and family.
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of identity and both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list.
It Found Us by Lindsay Currie · grades 3–6 — Same genre (Mystery) and the same era (2020s).

Books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price for middle school (grades 6–8)

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

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective by Janet Tashjian · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and same genre (Mystery).
Fowl Play by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and family.
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of mystery and family.
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of identity and both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list.
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).

Books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).
The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of identity, both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
Daughter of the Stars by Phyllis A. Whitney · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).

Common questions

What books are similar to The Reappearance of Rachel Price?: The 10 closest matches to The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson on ReadingList include Not Quite Dead Yet, Under the Surface, That's Not My Name, Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and How to Survive Your Murder. Each is scored on shared themes (mystery, family, and identity), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 7–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 7–12), 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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