Books like The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

Looking for books like The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of adventure, courage, and self-discovery. 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 Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

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Why each is a match

The Whipping Boygrades 3–7
Shares themes of adventure and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Boy 2.0grades 4–8
Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Groundedgrades 4–8
Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Impossible Creaturesgrades 4–8
Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (4–8).
Simon Sort of Saysgrades 6–8
Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
The First State of Beinggrades 6–8
Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Fablehavengrades 4–7
Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (4–7).
Mr. Popper's Penguins910L
Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH790L
Shares themes of courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
My Father's Dragon990L
Shares themes of adventure and courage and overlapping grades (2–4).

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