Read-alikes and related books

Books like Smart Sisters

Across Siblings, Girls & Women, African American & Black, and People & Places — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Smart Sisters by Mechal Renee Roe.

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Top related books to Smart Sisters

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Smart Sisters.

Jazmin’s Notebook — Nikki Grimes

Jazmin’s Notebook

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

One Crazy Summer — Rita Williams-Garcia

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

Jupiter Storm — Marti Dumas

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

The Perfect Place — Teresa E. Harris

The Perfect Place

Teresa E. Harris

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

Under Water — J. L. Powers

Under Water — J. L. Powers

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea — Meena Harris

Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

Better Together, Cinderella — Ashley Franklin

Better Together, Cinderella

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

The Mcclure Twins Make It Fashion — Ava McClure

The Mcclure Twins Make It Fashion

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

One True Loves — Elise Bryant

Themes: Siblings • Girls & Women • African American & Black

Forged by Fire — Sharon M. Draper

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

When the Schools Shut Down A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision — Yolanda Gladden

When the Schools Shut Down A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision

Yolanda Gladden

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

Hands On! — Anne Wynter

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

Mama’s Home — Shay Youngblood

Shay Youngblood

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

Jamaica Tag-along — Juanita Havill

Jamaica Tag-along

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Freewater (Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award Winner) — Amina Luqman-Dawson

Freewater (Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award Winner)

Amina Luqman-Dawson

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Peter’s Chair — Ezra Jack Keats

Peter’s Chair

Ezra Jack Keats

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Black Star — Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

Baby Says Board Book — John Steptoe

Baby Says Board Book

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Ruby and the Booker Boys Brand New School, Brave New Ruby

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Girl on Fire — Alicia Keys

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

On Air with Zoe Washington — Janae Marks

On Air with Zoe Washington

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl — Eloise Greenfield

She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl

Eloise Greenfield

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

Girl Dad — Sean Williams

Themes: Girls & Women • African American & Black • People & Places

Looking for Red — Angela Johnson

Looking for Red

Themes: Siblings • African American & Black • People & Places

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Siblings, Girls & Women, African American & Black — the same threads that run through Smart Sisters by Mechal Renee Roe. Among the authors featured: Nikki Grimes, Rita Williams-Garcia, Marti Dumas, Teresa E. Harris, and others.

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