# Books like Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job

**10** books similar to *Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job* by Willo Davis Roberts (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** babysitters, kidnapping, babysitters, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Hostage](https://readinglist.school/book/hostage) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, shares themes of kidnapping, and both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list.
- [Don't Hurt Laurie](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-hurt-laurie) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Zach's Lie](https://readinglist.school/book/zachs-lie) by Roland Smith _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping, both on the Mark Twain Readers Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Henry Reed's Babysitting Service](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-reeds-babysitting-service) by Keith Robertson _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of babysitters and babysitters, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Jelly Belly](https://readinglist.school/book/jelly-belly) by Robert Kimmel Smith _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Hooway for Wodney Wat](https://readinglist.school/book/hooway-for-wodney-wat) by Helen Lester _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Mark Twain Readers Award list (+2 more shared lists), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Taking Terri Mueller](https://readinglist.school/book/taking-terri-mueller) by Norma Fox Mazer _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Boys Start the War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boys-start-the-war) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Mark Twain Readers Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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