# Books like A Time of Troubles

**10** books similar to *A Time of Troubles* by Pieter Van Raven (Realistic Fiction · grades 5–9), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** depressions, migrant labor, donna harsh collection, depressions, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Two Suns in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/two-suns-in-the-sky) by Miriam Bat-Ami _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [The Honorable Prison](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honorable-prison) by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Worth](https://readinglist.school/book/worth) by A. LaFaye _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bull Run](https://readinglist.school/book/bull-run) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Jip](https://readinglist.school/book/jip-his-story) by Katherine Paterson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Out of the Dust](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-the-dust) by Karen Hesse _(740L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Under the Blood-Red Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-blood-red-sun) by Graham Salisbury _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Blackwater](https://readinglist.school/book/blackwater) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Bob and Jack: A Boy and His Yak](https://readinglist.school/book/bob-and-jack-a-boy-and-his-yak) by Jeffrey Moss _(Grades 4–8)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
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