# Books like Don't Hurt Laurie

**10** books similar to *Don't Hurt Laurie* by Willo Davis Roberts (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** child abuse, child abuse, fiction, parent and child, fiction, children, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job](https://readinglist.school/book/baby-sitting-is-a-dangerous-job) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Hostage](https://readinglist.school/book/hostage) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [101 Ways to Bug Your Parents](https://readinglist.school/book/101-ways-to-bug-your-parents) by Lee Wardlaw _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of parent and child, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret](https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Call Me Hope](https://readinglist.school/book/call-me-hope) by Gretchen Olson _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of child abuse, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-you-dare-read-this-mrs-dunphrey) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of child abuse, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Sharing Susan](https://readinglist.school/book/sharing-susan) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of parent and child, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [The Goof that Won the Pennant](https://readinglist.school/book/the-goof-that-won-the-pennant) by Jonah Kalb _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/the-true-colors-of-caitlynne-jackson) by Carol Lynch Williams _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of child abuse, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).

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