# Books like Loch

**10** books similar to *Loch* by Paul Zindel (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** underwater exploration, brothers and sisters, monsters, underwater exploration -- fiction
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## Similar books

- [Drive-By](https://readinglist.school/book/drive-by) by Lynne Ewing _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Go Away, Big Green Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/go-away-big-green-monster) by Ed Emberley _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of monsters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [No Such Thing](https://readinglist.school/book/no-such-thing) by Jackie French Koller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of monsters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Doom Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/the-doom-stone) by Paul Zindel _(Grades 6–9)_ — Is by Paul Zindel, the same author, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato](https://readinglist.school/book/i-will-never-not-ever-eat-a-tomato) by Lauren Child _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Jake and Lily](https://readinglist.school/book/jake-and-lily) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of brothers and sisters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp](https://readinglist.school/book/liza-lou-and-the-yeller-belly-swamp) by Mercer Mayer _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of monsters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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