# Books like High Heat

**10** books similar to *High Heat* by Carl Deuker (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9), 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:** baseball, family problems, fathers, high schools
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## Similar books

- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Carl Deuker, the same author, shares themes of baseball, and both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list.
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Is by Carl Deuker, the same author, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Perfect Chemistry](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect-chemistry) by Simone Elkeles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family problems and high schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Strider](https://readinglist.school/book/strider) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of high schools and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family problems, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Goof that Won the Pennant](https://readinglist.school/book/the-goof-that-won-the-pennant) by Jonah Kalb _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of baseball, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [After](https://readinglist.school/book/after) by Francine Prose _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of high schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Mississippi Trial, 1955](https://readinglist.school/book/mississippi-trial-1955) by Chris Crowe _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect) by Natasha Friend _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [The Compound](https://readinglist.school/book/the-compound) by S. A. Bodeen _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).

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