# Books like Ellie's Story

**10** books similar to *Ellie's Story* by W. Bruce Cameron (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–6), 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:** working animals, search dogs, human-animal relationships, dogs
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## Similar books

- [Duke](https://readinglist.school/book/duke) by Kirby Larson _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of human-animal relationships, both on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of human-animal relationships and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Saving Winslow](https://readinglist.school/book/saving-winslow) by Sharon Creech _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of human-animal relationships, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat](https://readinglist.school/book/vamos-lets-go-eat) by Raúl the Third III _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [All the Impossible Things](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-impossible-things) by Lindsay Lackey _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Bagdad Ate It](https://readinglist.school/book/bagdad-ate-it) by Phyllis Green _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).

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