# Books like Dovey Coe

**10** books similar to *Dovey Coe* by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Realistic 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:** brothers and sisters, fiction, death, fiction, murder, fiction, north carolina, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Each Little Bird That Sings](https://readinglist.school/book/each-little-bird-that-sings) by Deborah Wiles _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of death, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Surviving the Applewhites](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-the-applewhites) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Yellow Star](https://readinglist.school/book/yellow-star) by Jennifer Roy _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Airball: My Life in Briefs](https://readinglist.school/book/airball-my-life-in-briefs) by L.D. Harkrader _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Brighty of the Grand Canyon](https://readinglist.school/book/brighty-of-the-grand-canyon) by Marguerite Henry _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bristle Face](https://readinglist.school/book/bristle-face) by Zachary Ball _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Flaming Arrows](https://readinglist.school/book/flaming-arrows) by William O. Steele _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).

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