# Books like Fowl Play

**10** books similar to *Fowl Play* by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb (Middle Grade Mystery · 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:** mystery, family, grief
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/fowl-play
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## Similar books

- [A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall](https://readinglist.school/book/a-strange-thing-happened-in-cherry-hall) by Jasmine Warga _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Mystery).
- [The Sherlock Society](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sherlock-society) by James Ponti _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and family, both on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Mystery).
- [Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/final-word) by Janet Sumner Johnson _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The Liars Society](https://readinglist.school/book/the-liars-society) by Alyson Gerber _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House](https://readinglist.school/book/goosebumps-welcome-to-dead-house) by R.L. Stine _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Zeus, Dog of Chaos](https://readinglist.school/book/zeus-dog-of-chaos) by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, the same author, overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler](https://readinglist.school/book/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler) by E.L. Konigsburg _(700L · Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Lost Library](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-library) by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Night Train](https://readinglist.school/book/the-night-train) by Lorelei Savaryn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and grief and overlapping grades (4–8).

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