# 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).
- [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [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).
- [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).
- [Good Night, Mr. Tom](https://readinglist.school/book/good-night-mr-tom) by Michelle Magorian _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of child abuse and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [Cody Unplugged](https://readinglist.school/book/cody-unplugged) by Betsy Duffey _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of children, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [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).

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