Books like Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule
Looking for books like Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule by Harriette Robinet? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.
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10 books similar to Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule
Among the HiddenMargaret Peterson Haddix
Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul Curtis · 950L- Bull RunPaul Fleischman
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)Mary Pope Osborne · 510L
Ella EnchantedGail Carson Levine
FrindleAndrew Clements · 830L
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead HouseR.L. Stine
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ.K. Rowling · 880L
HolesLouis Sachar · 660L- JipKatherine Paterson
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Why each is a match
- Among the Hiddengrades 5–8
- Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).
- Bud, Not Buddy950L
- Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Bull Rungrades 5–8
- Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).
- Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)510L
- Overlapping grades (1–4) and the same era (1990s).
- Ella Enchantedgrades 4–7
- Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Frindle830L
- Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead Housegrades 3–7
- Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone880L
- Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Holes660L
- Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- Jipgrades 5–8
- Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).