Books like Loser
Looking for books like Loser by Jerry Spinelli (Juvenile Fiction · grades 4–8)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.
These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Loser
- A Boy at WarHarry Mazer
- A Year Down YonderRichard Peck
- All about SamLois Lowry
- All the Blues in the SkyRenée Watson
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.Judy Blume
- Baby-sitting is a Dangerous JobWillo Davis Roberts
- Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!Stephen Manes
- Bones on Black Spruce MountainDavid Budbill
- Caddie Woodlawn's FamilyCarol Ryrie Brink
- Carry On, Mr. BowditchJean Lee Latham
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Why each is a match
- A Boy at Wargrades 3–6
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–6).
- A Year Down Yondergrades 3–7
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- All about Samgrades 4–6
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–6).
- All the Blues in the Skygrades 3–7
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.grades 3–6
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–6).
- Baby-sitting is a Dangerous Jobgrades 4–6
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–6).
- Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!grades 3–6
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–6).
- Bones on Black Spruce Mountaingrades 4–8
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Caddie Woodlawn's Familygrades 3–7
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditchgrades 3–7
- Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).