Books like Class Act

Looking for books like Class Act by Jerry Craft (Graphic Novel · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of race, friendship, and class. 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Class Act

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Why each is a match

Swim Teamgrades 3–7
Shares themes of race and friendship and overlapping grades (3–7).
Bridge to Terabithia810L
Shares themes of friendship and class and overlapping grades (4–6).
Dog Man Unleashedgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Dramagrades 5–9
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (5–9).
The Parker Inheritance610L
Shares themes of race and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hallgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobodygrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–8).
Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
Control Freaksgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).

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