# Books like My Dog, My Hero

**10** books similar to *My Dog, My Hero* by Betsy Cromer Byars (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–5), 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:** dogs, dogs, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Betsy Cromer Byars, the same author, shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, and both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list.
- [The Good Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-dog) by Avi _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Computer Nut](https://readinglist.school/book/the-computer-nut) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Betsy Cromer Byars, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Hachiko](https://readinglist.school/book/hachiko) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch](https://readinglist.school/book/owney-the-mail-pouch-pooch) by Mona Kerby _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Star in the Storm](https://readinglist.school/book/star-in-the-storm) by Joan Hiatt Harlow _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).

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