# 4th grade books about boys, fiction

**6** books commonly assigned to 4th grade students in US schools that explore boys, fiction. Every title's grade range covers 4th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 4th grade  ·  **Theme:** boys, fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 4th grade boys, fiction reading list

- [Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days](https://readinglist.school/book/be-a-perfect-person-in-just-three-days) by Stephen Manes _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1982)_
- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1985)_
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1996)_
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1987)_
- [Harry's Mad](https://readinglist.school/book/harrys-mad) by Dick King-Smith _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1984)_
- [When the Boys Ran the House](https://readinglist.school/book/when-the-boys-ran-the-house) by Joan Davenport Carris _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1982)_

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