# Books like Backlash

**10** books similar to *Backlash* by Sarah Darer Littman (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:** neighbors, suicide, family life, cyberbullying
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Poor Louie](https://readinglist.school/book/poor-louie) by Tony Fucile _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Saving Zasha](https://readinglist.school/book/saving-zasha) by Randi G. Barrow _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Fourteenth Goldfish](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fourteenth-goldfish) by Jennifer L. Holm _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [101 Ways to Bug Your Parents](https://readinglist.school/book/101-ways-to-bug-your-parents) by Lee Wardlaw _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Attaboy, Sam!](https://readinglist.school/book/attaboy-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [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).
- [Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/drums-girls-and-dangerous-pie) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Fig Pudding](https://readinglist.school/book/fig-pudding) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
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