# Books like All About Sam

**10** books similar to *All About Sam* by Lois Lowry (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–6), 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:** brothers and sisters, family, family life, family life in fiction
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## Similar books

- [Attaboy, Sam!](https://readinglist.school/book/attaboy-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Lois Lowry, the same author, shares themes of family and family life, and both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list.
- [Number the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/number-the-stars) by Lois Lowry _(670L · Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Lois Lowry, the same author, shares themes of family, and both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list.
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family and family life, both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Striped Ice Cream](https://readinglist.school/book/striped-ice-cream) by Joan M. Lexau _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Pinballs](https://readinglist.school/book/the-pinballs) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list (+2 more shared lists), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Who Needs a Bratty Brother?](https://readinglist.school/book/who-needs-a-bratty-brother) by Linda Gondosch _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1980s).

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