Books like Tell Me Something Real

Looking for books like Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devlin (Young Adult · grades 9–12)? 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 Tell Me Something Real

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Why each is a match

Blood Water Paintgrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Convictiongrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Hearts Unbrokengrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Hold Me Closer, Necromancergrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
House of Purple Cedargrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
If I Ever Get Out of Heregrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Rani Patel In Full Effectgrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Seraphinagrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
Surviving the Citygrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
The Freak Observergrades 9–12
Same genre (Young Adult), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).

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