# Books like Old Yeller

**10** books similar to *Old Yeller* by Fred Gipson (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 5–8), matched on shared themes, 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:** family, courage, survival, animals, grief
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## Similar books

- [Rascal](https://readinglist.school/book/rascal) by Sterling North _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, animals, and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Summer of the Monkeys](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-monkeys) by Wilson Rawls _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, animals, and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Between Two Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/between-two-brothers) by Crystal Allen _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Code Name Kingfisher](https://readinglist.school/book/code-name-kingfisher) by Liz Kessler _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family, courage, and survival and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family, grief, and growing up and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1912) by Lauren Tarshis _(590L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of family, courage, and survival and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Mid-Air](https://readinglist.school/book/mid-air) by Alicia D. Williams _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH](https://readinglist.school/book/mrs-frisby-and-the-rats-of-nimh) by Robert C. O'Brien _(790L · Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ramona Quimby, Age 8](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-quimby-age-8) by Beverly Cleary _(860L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family and growing up, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).

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