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"Full Cicada Moon"

Your kid finished Full Cicada Moon. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.

The book they finished

Full Cicada Moon

by Marilyn Hilton

A biracial seventh-grader's verse-novel journey through 1969 Vermont — astronaut dreams, a stolen moon, and the quiet work of belonging.

Kid 64 Parent 78 Teacher 75 Ages 10-13

8 books matched on the same reader profile

Each pick scored its match using the 30-dimension data we record on every book — interest hooks (e.g. epic worldbuilding, friendship arcs), character appeal, emotional core, tone, pacing. The "why it matches" line under each book tells you exactly why it should land.

1
Each Tiny Spark

by Pablo Cartaya

Kid 60 Parent 67 Teacher 72 Ages 10–12
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Both hopeful in tone
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit, situational
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2
The Hero Two Doors Down

by Sharon Robinson

Kid 61 Parent 70 Teacher 66 Ages 8-10
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit, situational
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3
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart

Kid 66 Parent 74 Teacher 74 Ages 10-12
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit
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4
Linked

by Gordon Korman

Kid 65 Parent 78 Teacher 83 Ages 10-13
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • historical as secondary genre
- • Both hopeful in tone
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
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5
Moon Over Manifest

by Clare Vanderpool

Kid 66 Parent 78 Teacher 81 Ages 10-12
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit
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6
The Midwife's Apprentice

by Karen Cushman

Kid 66 Parent 74 Teacher 72 Ages 10-12
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit
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7
Flygirl

by Sherri L. Smith

Kid 68 Parent 79 Teacher 74 Ages 12-15
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same tension source (injustice)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit, situational
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8
Caddie Woodlawn

by Carol Ryrie Brink

Kid 58 Parent 71 Teacher 74 Ages 9-12
Why it matches "Full Cicada Moon"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same pacing (measured)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: gentle wit, situational
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How these matches are scored

We score every children's book on KidsBookCheck across 30 dimensions — kid-side (laugh-out-loud, plot twists, mental movie, heart-punch, character voice, etc.), parent-side (writing quality, moral reasoning, vocabulary, age-fit), and teacher-side (read-aloud power, discussion fuel, empathy building). Plus rich metadata: tone, pacing, emotional weight, interest hooks, character appeal, emotional core, tension source, humor style.

For every book, our profile-match algorithm finds others where the most heavily-weighted dimensions overlap. That's why these matches feel different from "readers also enjoyed" — we're matching by what hooks the same reader, not by who else bought it. More about our scoring →