# Books like One Crazy Summer

**10** books similar to *One Crazy Summer* by Rita Williams-Garcia (Historical Fiction · 750L · 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, race, civil rights, mother-daughter relationship
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## Similar books

- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (800L vs 750L).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and race, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (950L vs 750L).
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and civil rights, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (1000L vs 750L).
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and race and a close reading level (820L vs 750L).
- [Blended](https://readinglist.school/book/blended) by Sharon M. Draper _(610L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family and race and a close reading level (610L vs 750L).
- [Dragonwings](https://readinglist.school/book/dragonwings) by Laurence Yep _(870L · Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (870L vs 750L).
- [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, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (590L vs 750L).
- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and civil rights and a close reading level (990L vs 750L).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and a close reading level (750L vs 750L).
- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), a close reading level (720L vs 750L), and the same era (2010s).

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