Books like Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .

Looking for books like Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . by Jason Reynolds? 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 Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .

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96 Milesgrades 6–8
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A Bird Will Soargrades 4–7
Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (2020s).
A Fate So Coldgrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2020s).
A First Time for Everythinggrades 4–8
Overlapping grades (4–8) and the same era (2020s).
A Sea of Lemon Treesgrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2020s).
A Work in Progressgrades 4–8
Overlapping grades (4–8) and the same era (2020s).
African Towngrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2020s).
All He Knewgrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2020s).
All My Ragegrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2020s).
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7
Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (2020s).

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