Books like On My Honor

If you liked On My Honor, read The Longest Night, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, or Because of Winn-Dixie — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to On My Honor

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The Longest Nightgrades K–5
Is by Marion Dane Bauer, the same author and overlapping grades (K–5). Amazon → books like this →
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaretgrades 4–6
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Because of Winn-Dixie610L
Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Librarygrades 4–6
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Frindle830L
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
Ground Zerogrades 6–8
Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
Hatchet1020L
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Holes660L
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Maniac Magee820L
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Mick Harte Was Heregrades 5–8
Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →

Books like On My Honor for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

  • Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements · grades 3–6 — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–6).
  • Pax by Sara Pennypacker · 760L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7).
  • Refugee by Alan Gratz · 800L — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–9).
  • Restart by Gordon Korman · 730L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8).
  • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 890L — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (3–6).

Books like On My Honor for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements · grades 3–6 — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–6).
  • Pax by Sara Pennypacker · 760L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7).
  • Refugee by Alan Gratz · 800L — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–9).
  • Restart by Gordon Korman · 730L — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8).
  • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 890L — Both on the North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (3–6).

Common questions

What books are similar to On My Honor?
The 10 closest matches to On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer on ReadingList include The Longest Night, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Because of Winn-Dixie, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, and Frindle. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–7), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like On My Honor reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–7), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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