# Books like Mick Harte Was Here

**10** books similar to *Mick Harte Was Here* by Barbara Park (Realistic Fiction · grades 5–8), 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:** grief, family, safety
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## Similar books

- [The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise](https://readinglist.school/book/the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief and family, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of grief and family, both on the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/drums-girls-and-dangerous-pie) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award list (+7 more shared lists), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Front Desk](https://readinglist.school/book/front-desk) by Kelly Yang _(640L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Ghost Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-boys) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(360L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Hope in the Valley](https://readinglist.school/book/hope-in-the-valley) by Mitali Perkins _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of grief and family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of grief and family, both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).

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