What books are similar to The Tequila Worm?

The 10 closest matches to The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales on ReadingList include The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Burn Down, Rise Up, Furia, and How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe. Each is scored on shared themes, 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 Tequila Worm 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 Tequila Worm

If you liked The Tequila Worm, read The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, or Burn Down, Rise Up — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición by Margarita Engle

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Looking for books like The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales? 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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The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendicióngrades 7–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universegrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Burn Down, Rise Upgrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Furiagrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universegrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Saints of the Householdgrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Shut Up, This Is Seriousgrades 9–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Poet Slave of Cubagrades 7–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Poet X800L: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon → books like this →
Under the Mesquitegrades 7–12: Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to The Tequila Worm?: The 10 closest matches to The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales on ReadingList include The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Burn Down, Rise Up, Furia, and How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe. Each is scored on shared themes, 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 Tequila Worm 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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