# Books like Crash

**10** books similar to *Crash* by Jerry Spinelli (Adventure · grades 3–8), 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:** conduct of life, family life, friendship, boys, fiction
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/crash
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Flipped](https://readinglist.school/book/flipped) by Wendelin Van Draanen _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life and family life, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life and friendship and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Royal Conundrum](https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Flight #116 Is Down!](https://readinglist.school/book/flight-116-is-down) by Caroline B. Cooney _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/geronimo-stilton-lost-treasure-of-the-emerald-eye) by Geronimo Stilton _(530L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone) by J.K. Rowling _(880L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher](https://readinglist.school/book/jeremy-thatcher-dragon-hatcher) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Last Musketeer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-musketeer) by Stuart Gibbs _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [A Boy Named Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-named-queen) by Sara Cassidy _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [A Wolf Called Wander](https://readinglist.school/book/a-wolf-called-wander) by Rosanne Parry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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