# Books like Million-Dollar Throw

**10** books similar to *Million-Dollar Throw* by Mike Lupica (Sports 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:** football, pressure, friendship
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## Similar books

- [Game Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/game-changer) by Tommy Greenwald _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of football, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and same genre (Sports Fiction).
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Blue Hen Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Sports Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Rules](https://readinglist.school/book/rules) by Cynthia Lord _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Big Nate: In a Class by Himself](https://readinglist.school/book/big-nate-in-a-class-by-himself) by Lincoln Peirce _(500L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [City of Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/city-of-ghosts) by Victoria Schwab _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Dog Man](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man) by Dav Pilkey _(390L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone) by J.K. Rowling _(880L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Blue Hen Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Smile](https://readinglist.school/book/smile) by Raina Telgemeier _(410L · Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (4–8).

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