# Books like Maniac Magee

**10** books similar to *Maniac Magee* by Jerry Spinelli (Middle Grade Fiction · 820L · grades 4–7), 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.

**Themes:** race, homelessness, family, legend and reality, prejudice
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## Similar books

- [Blended](https://readinglist.school/book/blended) by Sharon M. Draper _(610L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of race and family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (610L vs 820L).
- [Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet](https://readinglist.school/book/planet-omar-accidental-trouble-magnet) by Zanib Mian _(820L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (820L vs 820L).
- [Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH](https://readinglist.school/book/mrs-frisby-and-the-rats-of-nimh) by Robert C. O'Brien _(790L · Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (790L vs 820L).
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (790L vs 820L).
- [Ramona Quimby, Age 8](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-quimby-age-8) by Beverly Cleary _(860L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (860L vs 820L).
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of race and family and a close reading level (750L vs 820L).
- [Ramona the Pest](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-pest) by Beverly Cleary _(750L · Grades 2–4)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (750L vs 820L).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of race and family and a close reading level (950L vs 820L).
- [Mr. Popper's Penguins](https://readinglist.school/book/mr-poppers-penguins) by Richard Atwater · Florence Atwater _(910L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (910L vs 820L).
- [Stuart Little](https://readinglist.school/book/stuart-little) by E.B. White _(920L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and a close reading level (920L vs 820L).

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