Books like The Wall
If you liked The Wall, read Almost Astronauts, An American Plague, or Secrets of a Civil War Submarine — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.
Closest match: Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone
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Looking for books like The Wall by Peter Sís? 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 5–9 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Wall
Almost AstronautsTanya Lee Stone
An American PlagueJim Murphy
Secrets of a Civil War SubmarineSally M. Walker
Team MoonCatherine Thimmesh
The Voice That Challenged a NationRussell Freedman
We Are the ShipKadir Nelson
When You Reach MeRebecca Stead · 750L
Black PotatoesSusan Campbell Bartoletti
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous WeaponSteve Sheinkin · 920L
Seen and UnseenElizabeth Partridge
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Why each is a match
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- Almost Astronautsgrades 5–9
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- An American Plaguegrades 6–10
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- Secrets of a Civil War Submarinegrades 6–10
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- Team Moongrades 5–9
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- The Voice That Challenged a Nationgrades 6–10
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- We Are the Shipgrades 4–8
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- When You Reach Me750L
- Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- Black Potatoesgrades 6–10
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon → books like this →
- Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon920L
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
- Seen and Unseengrades 5–9
- Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9). Amazon → books like this →
Common questions
- What books are similar to The Wall?
- The 10 closest matches to The Wall by Peter Sís on ReadingList include Almost Astronauts, An American Plague, Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, Team Moon, and The Voice That Challenged a Nation. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 5–9), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like The Wall reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 5–9), 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.