# Books like Black Potatoes

**10** books similar to *Black Potatoes* by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 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.

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## Similar books

- [The Boy Who Dared](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boy-who-dared) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, the same author and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon](https://readinglist.school/book/bomb) by Steve Sheinkin _(920L · Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [The Girl Who Drew Butterflies](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-drew-butterflies) by Joyce Sidman _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [Almost Astronauts](https://readinglist.school/book/almost-astronauts) by Tanya Lee Stone _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [An American Plague](https://readinglist.school/book/an-american-plague) by Jim Murphy _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Secrets of a Civil War Submarine](https://readinglist.school/book/secrets-of-a-civil-war-submarine) by Sally M. Walker _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Seen and Unseen](https://readinglist.school/book/seen-and-unseen) by Elizabeth Partridge _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Team Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/team-moon) by Catherine Thimmesh _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [The Mona Lisa Vanishes](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mona-lisa-vanishes) by Nicholas Day _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Voice That Challenged a Nation](https://readinglist.school/book/the-voice-that-challenged-a-nation) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (6–10).

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