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Readers who finished Pool Boy by Michael Simmons and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Careers, Occupations, Internships, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Young Adult Fiction, and Family.

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Top related books to Pool Boy

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Backwater — Joan Bauer

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Trell — Dick Lehr

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Seven Percent of Ro Devereux — Ellen O’Clover

Seven Percent of Ro Devereux — Ellen O’Clover

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Asking for a Friend — Kara H. L. Chen

Asking for a Friend

Kara H. L. Chen

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Tides — Betsy Cornwell

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

On the Come Up Collector’s Edition — Angie Thomas

On the Come Up Collector’s Edition

Themes: Careers, Occupations, Internships • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition) — Markus Zusak

The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Confusion of Laurel Graham — Adrienne Kisner

The Confusion of Laurel Graham

Adrienne Kisner

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

We Are the Ghosts — Vicky Skinner

We Are the Ghosts

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Muckers — Sandra Neil Wallace

Sandra Neil Wallace

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

You Don’t Live Here — Robyn Schneider

You Don’t Live Here

Robyn Schneider

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Summer of Salt — Katrina Leno

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Dark Triumph — Robin LaFevers

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Todo este tiempo / All This Time — Rachael Lippincott

Todo este tiempo / All This Time

Rachael Lippincott

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches — Kate Scelsa

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Twisted Fate — Norah Olson

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Scarlet Alchemist — Kylie Lee Baker

The Scarlet Alchemist

Kylie Lee Baker

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Hotel for the Lost — Suzanne Young

Hotel for the Lost

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Loose Ends List — Carrie Firestone

The Loose Ends List

Carrie Firestone

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

Wish — Joseph Monninger

Joseph Monninger

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Queen of Zombie Hearts — Gena Showalter

The Queen of Zombie Hearts

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Great Wide Sea — M.H. Herlong

The Great Wide Sea

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

The Boy in the Black Suit — Jason Reynolds

The Boy in the Black Suit

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

They Both Die at the End — Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction • Family

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Pool Boy by Michael Simmons. Connected by Careers, Occupations, Internships, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Young Adult Fiction. Authors featured include Joan Bauer, Dick Lehr, Ellen O'Clover, Kara H. L. Chen, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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