What books are similar to Eleven?

The 10 closest matches to Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff on ReadingList include How to Steal a Dog, 11 Birthdays, A Million Ways Home, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, and Fish in a Tree. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–5), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Eleven reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 3–5), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like Eleven

If you liked Eleven, read How to Steal a Dog, 11 Birthdays, or A Million Ways Home — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Why each is a match

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How to Steal a Doggrades 3–5: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2000s). Amazon →
11 Birthdaysgrades 3–5: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →
A Million Ways Homegrades 4–6: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon →
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Librarygrades 4–6: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon →
Fish in a Tree550L: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Ghost730L: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon →
Ghost Boys360L: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Guinea Doggrades 3–5: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactusgrades 3–5: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →
Life on Marsgrades 3–5: Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →

Books like Eleven for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Malcolm at Midnight by W. H. Beck · grades 3–5 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5).
Odder by Katherine Applegate · grades 3–5 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5).
Pax by Sara Pennypacker · 760L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7).
Restart by Gordon Korman · 730L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8).
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie · grades 3–5 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5).

Books like Eleven for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Confetti Girl by Diana López · grades 6–8 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list).
Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret · grades 6–8 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list).
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz · grades 6–8 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list).
Hidden by Helen Frost · grades 6–8 — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list).
Pax by Sara Pennypacker · 760L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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