# Books like Harry's Mad

**10** books similar to *Harry's Mad* by Dick King-Smith (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:** parrots, inheritance and succession, behavior, fiction, boys, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/class-clown) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of behavior, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of boys, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Mouse Called Wolf](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mouse-called-wolf) by Dick King-Smith _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Dick King-Smith, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days](https://readinglist.school/book/be-a-perfect-person-in-just-three-days) by Stephen Manes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of boys, fiction, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [When the Boys Ran the House](https://readinglist.school/book/when-the-boys-ran-the-house) by Joan Davenport Carris _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of boys, fiction and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of boys, fiction and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of boys, fiction and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye](https://readinglist.school/book/you-shouldnt-have-to-say-goodbye) by Patricia Hermes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (1980s).

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