# Books like Confessions of a Class Clown

**10** books similar to *Confessions of a Class Clown* by Arianne Costner (Middle Grade 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:** friendship, humor, school, identity
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## Similar books

- [Control Freaks](https://readinglist.school/book/control-freaks) by J.E. Thomas _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, school, and identity, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The Superteacher Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-superteacher-project) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life](https://readinglist.school/book/dork-diaries-tales-from-a-not-so-fabulous-life) by Rachel Renée Russell _(890L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Harriet the Spy](https://readinglist.school/book/harriet-the-spy) by Louise Fitzhugh _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, school, and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
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- [Simon Sort of Says](https://readinglist.school/book/simon-sort-of-says) by Erin Bow _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and humor, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The First State of Being](https://readinglist.school/book/the-first-state-of-being) by Erin Entrada Kelly _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and identity, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [A Royal Conundrum](https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, humor, and identity and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody](https://readinglist.school/book/chronicles-of-a-lizard-nobody) by Patrick Ness _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school and overlapping grades (4–8).

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