Books like Mary, Bloody Mary

Looking for books like Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer (Children's · grades 6–9)? 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.

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10 books similar to Mary, Bloody Mary

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Why each is a match

A Dog's Lifegrades 4–6
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (2000s).
A Life in the Wildgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
A Room on Lorelei Streetgrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2000s).
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!grades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).
Ashley Bryangrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
Bucking the Sargegrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2000s).
Children of the Great Depressiongrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
Clementinegrades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogungrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).
Darkness Over Denmarkgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2000s).

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