# Books like Is Anybody There?

**10** books similar to *Is Anybody There?* by Eve Bunting (Mystery · grades 3–5), 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:** mothers and sons, latchkey children, latchkey children in fiction, mothers and sons in fiction
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## Similar books

- [Karen Kepplewhite is the World's Best Kisser](https://readinglist.school/book/karen-kepplewhite-is-the-worlds-best-kisser) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1980s).
- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Piggins](https://readinglist.school/book/piggins) by Jane Yolen _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Baby Monkey, Private Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/baby-monkey-private-eye) by Brian Selznick _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [One More Flight](https://readinglist.school/book/one-more-flight) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 4–9)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Skeleton Man](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-man) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1980s).
- [In a Dark, Dark Room](https://readinglist.school/book/in-a-dark-dark-room) by Alvin Schwartz _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1980s).
- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1980s).

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