# Books like Blackwater

**10** books similar to *Blackwater* by Eve Bunting (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8), 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:** drowning, death, guilt, accelerated reader
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## Similar books

- [Sharing Susan](https://readinglist.school/book/sharing-susan) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 2–8)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Spying on Miss Müller](https://readinglist.school/book/spying-on-miss-m-ller) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Drive-By](https://readinglist.school/book/drive-by) by Lynne Ewing _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Flying Solo](https://readinglist.school/book/flying-solo) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key](https://readinglist.school/book/joey-pigza-swallowed-the-key) by Jack Gantos _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect) by Natasha Friend _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–7).
- [You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye](https://readinglist.school/book/you-shouldnt-have-to-say-goodbye) by Patricia Hermes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Breakout](https://readinglist.school/book/breakout) by Kate Messner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).

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