# Books like Athlete vs. Mathlete

**10** books similar to *Athlete vs. Mathlete* by W. C. Mack (Sports Fiction · grades 3–5), 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:** basketball, twins, brothers, basketball stories
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## Similar books

- [Game Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/game-changer) by Tommy Greenwald _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards list, same genre (Sports Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Stepping Up](https://readinglist.school/book/stepping-up) by Mark Fink _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of basketball and basketball stories and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus](https://readinglist.school/book/ten-rules-you-absolutely-must-not-break-if-you-want-to-survive-the-school-bus) by John Grandits _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of brothers, both on the Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards list, and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of basketball, both on the Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 2–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction), overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Jake and Lily](https://readinglist.school/book/jake-and-lily) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of twins and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Rebound](https://readinglist.school/book/rebound) by Kwame Alexander _(780L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of basketball and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [11 Birthdays](https://readinglist.school/book/11-birthdays) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards list, overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [7 X 9 = Trouble](https://readinglist.school/book/7-x-9-trouble) by Claudia Mills _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of brothers and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Akiak](https://readinglist.school/book/akiak) by Robert J. Blake _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (K–3).

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