# Books like Night Hoops

**10** books similar to *Night Hoops* by Carl Deuker (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9), 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:** basketball, divorce, interpersonal relations, behavior
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## Similar books

- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Is by Carl Deuker, the same author, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Carl Deuker, the same author, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Stepping Up](https://readinglist.school/book/stepping-up) by Mark Fink _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of basketball, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [A Door Near Here](https://readinglist.school/book/a-door-near-here) by Heather Quarles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of divorce, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Lulu's Mysterious Mission](https://readinglist.school/book/lulus-mysterious-mission) by Judith Viorst _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of behavior, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Mississippi Trial, 1955](https://readinglist.school/book/mississippi-trial-1955) by Chris Crowe _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect) by Natasha Friend _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Shoeshine Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/shoeshine-girl) by Clyde Robert Bulla _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of behavior, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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