# Books like Just Keep Walking

**10** books similar to *Just Keep Walking* by Erin Soderberg Downing (Middle Grade 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:** friendship, nature, resilience
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## Similar books

- [Summer of the Monkeys](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-monkeys) by Wilson Rawls _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of nature, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Countdown to Yesterday](https://readinglist.school/book/countdown-to-yesterday) by Shirley Marr _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Fish in a Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/fish-in-a-tree) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(550L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and resilience, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [When Sea Becomes Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/when-sea-becomes-sky) by Gillian McDunn _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of nature, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Pax](https://readinglist.school/book/pax) by Sara Pennypacker _(760L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and nature, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Onyx & Beyond](https://readinglist.school/book/onyx-and-beyond) by Amber McBride _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Parachute Kids](https://readinglist.school/book/parachute-kids) by Betty C. Tang _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of resilience, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bad-beginning) by Lemony Snicket _(1010L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of resilience, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Harriet the Spy](https://readinglist.school/book/harriet-the-spy) by Louise Fitzhugh _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).

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