Similar YA Science Fiction Books

Beneath the Cloudline is a young adult sci-fi fable that blends lush worldbuilding, found family, and rebellion from both sides of a divided sky. If you love stories that pair heart with high-concept ideas, you might feel right at home beneath the towers.

Here are a few beloved titles that share the spirit—and why fans of each might enjoy this one too:

For Fans Of…

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Strong-willed protagonists who defy expectations, aerial settings, and deep questions about legacy and truth. Class division, mysterious pasts, flight and freedom, outsider courage.

Legend by Marie Lu

Dual perspectives across a rigid societal divide, slow-burning romance, and youth-led resistance against a corrupt system. Underground truths, rebellion, and characters shaped by opposite worlds.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

At its heart, Beneath the Cloudline is also about memory—what we erase, what we pass down, and who gets to decide what's worth remembering. Emotional awakening, moral dystopia, the power of personal choice.

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

A philosophical look at power, control, and engineered systems—and what happens when someone dares to ask: who benefits? Technocratic hierarchy, hidden motives, systems that need rewriting.

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Underground survival, engineered weather, and the slow rediscovery of a forgotten truth that could change everything. Post-collapse tech, resourcefulness, hope below the surface.

What Makes Beneath the Cloudline Unique?

• A rope-swinging boy raised in secret and a girl born in the sky who dares to look down.

• A society split by altitude—towers in the clouds, scaffolding cities below.

• Ancient tech, chime songs, and a decommissioned nanny AI who remembers too much.

• No chosen one. Two kids rewriting the rules.

"We were always one."

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