# Books like Dragon Rider

**10** books similar to *Dragon Rider* by Cornelia Funke (Realistic Fiction · 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:** animals, mythical
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## Similar books

- [The Thief Lord](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thief-lord) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Cornelia Funke, the same author, both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Schooled](https://readinglist.school/book/schooled) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Scranimals](https://readinglist.school/book/scranimals) by Jack Prelutsky _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of animals, mythical, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Ghost Knight](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-knight) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 3–10)_ — Is by Cornelia Funke, the same author and overlapping grades (3–10).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Skeleton Man](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-man) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2000s).
- [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane](https://readinglist.school/book/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2000s).
- [The Gollywhopper Games](https://readinglist.school/book/the-gollywhopper-games) by Jody Feldman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7).

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