Books like Million-Dollar Throw

Looking for books like Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica (Sports Fiction · grades 5–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of football, pressure, and friendship. 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 Million-Dollar Throw

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Why each is a match

Game Changergrades 5–8
Shares themes of football, same genre (Sports Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Because of Winn-Dixie610L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (3–5).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (3–7).
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye530L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).
Hoot760L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
Powerlessgrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
Rulesgrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Book Thief730L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (8–11).
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)740L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).

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