# Books like Drive-By

**10** books similar to *Drive-By* by Lynne Ewing (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–8), matched on shared themes, 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:** gangs, death, brothers and sisters, drive-by shootings
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## Similar books

- [Blackwater](https://readinglist.school/book/blackwater) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Fig Pudding](https://readinglist.school/book/fig-pudding) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Flying Solo](https://readinglist.school/book/flying-solo) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Loch](https://readinglist.school/book/loch) by Paul Zindel _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Clayton Byrd Goes Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/clayton-byrd-goes-underground) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato](https://readinglist.school/book/i-will-never-not-ever-eat-a-tomato) by Lauren Child _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Jake and Lily](https://readinglist.school/book/jake-and-lily) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect) by Natasha Friend _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).

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