Books like Bucking the Sarge

Looking for books like Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis (Children's · grades 4–9)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Bucking the Sarge

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Why each is a match

"Let's Get a Pup!", Said Kategrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
A Life in the Wildgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
An American Plaguegrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
And If the Moon Could Talkgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
Apples to Oregongrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
Ashley Bryangrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
Big Mama Makes the Worldgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
By the Light of the Halloween Moongrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
Children of the Great Depressiongrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
Cold Feetgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).

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