# 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
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [The Boxcar Children](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boxcar-children) by Gertrude Chandler Warner _(490L · Grades 2–4)_ — Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (2–4).
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and family, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [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).
- [Old Yeller](https://readinglist.school/book/old-yeller) by Fred Gipson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (6–8).

---

_Generated from ReadingList.school. HTML view: https://readinglist.school/similar/fowl-play._