# Books like Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected

**10** books similar to *Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected* by Jay Jay Patton (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 4–5), 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.

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- [Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/polar-wildlife-at-the-ends-of-the-earth) by L. E. Carmichael _(Grades 4–5)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list, same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–5).
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