# Books like Drive-By

**10** books similar to *Drive-By* by Lynne Ewing (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:** gangs, death, brothers and sisters, drive-by shootings
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## Similar books

- [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).
- [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).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Lemonade War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lemonade-war) by Davies, Jacqueline _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Weslandia](https://readinglist.school/book/weslandia) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Who Needs a Bratty Brother?](https://readinglist.school/book/who-needs-a-bratty-brother) by Linda Gondosch _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye](https://readinglist.school/book/you-shouldnt-have-to-say-goodbye) by Patricia Hermes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Backlash](https://readinglist.school/book/backlash) by Sarah Darer Littman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).

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