# Books like Home of the Brave

**10** books similar to *Home of the Brave* by Katherine Applegate (Children's · grades 4–9), matched on shared themes, 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.

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## Similar books

- ["Let's Get a Pup!", Said Kate](https://readinglist.school/book/lets-get-a-pup-said-kate) by Bob Graham _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
- [A Life in the Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/a-life-in-the-wild) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
- [A Room on Lorelei Street](https://readinglist.school/book/a-room-on-lorelei-street) by Mary E. Pearson _(Grades 4–9)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2000s).
- [An American Plague](https://readinglist.school/book/an-american-plague-the-true-and-terrifying-story-of-the-yellow-fever-epidemic-of) by Jim Murphy _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
- [And If the Moon Could Talk](https://readinglist.school/book/and-if-the-moon-could-talk) by Kate Banks _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
- [Apples to Oregon](https://readinglist.school/book/apples-to-oregon) by Deborah Hopkinson _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
- [As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!](https://readinglist.school/book/as-if-being-12-3-4-isnt-bad-enough-my-mother-is-running-for-president) by Donna Gephart _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).
- [Ashley Bryan](https://readinglist.school/book/words-to-my-lifes-song) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
- [Big Mama Makes the World](https://readinglist.school/book/big-momma-makes-the-world) by Phyllis Root _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2000s).
- [Bucking the Sarge](https://readinglist.school/book/bucking-the-sarge) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(Grades 4–9)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2000s).

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