Books like The Silence That Binds Us

Looking for books like The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho (Young Adult Fiction · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of grief, identity, and justice. 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 Silence That Binds Us

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Why each is a match

Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Four for the Roadgrades 9–12
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Never Thought I'd End Up Heregrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ruby Lost and Foundgrades 6–9
Shares themes of grief and identity and overlapping grades (6–9).
Shut Up, This Is Seriousgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
The Forbidden Bookgrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
American Born Chinese530L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ender's Game780L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).
Long Way Down720L
Shares themes of grief, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Oedipus Rexgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity and justice and overlapping grades (9–12).

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