# Books like Orphan Train Rider

**10** books similar to *Orphan Train Rider* by Andrea Warren (Children's · grades 4–10), 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.

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## Similar books

- [The Author's Guide to Surviving Hitler](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-hitler-a-boy-in-the-nazi-death-camps) by Andrea Warren _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Andrea Warren, the same author and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/a-drop-of-water-a-book-of-science-and-wonder) by Walter Wick _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Ajeemah and His Son](https://readinglist.school/book/ajeemah-and-his-son) by James Berry _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds](https://readinglist.school/book/appalachia-the-voices-of-sleeping-birds) by Cynthia Rylant _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Chuck Close](https://readinglist.school/book/chuck-close-face-book) by Robert Storr _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Goldengrove ; Unleaving](https://readinglist.school/book/unleaving) by Jill Paton Walsh _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Missing May](https://readinglist.school/book/missing-may) by Cynthia Rylant _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Poppy](https://readinglist.school/book/poppy) by Avi _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Sojourner Truth](https://readinglist.school/book/sojourner-truth-aint-i-a-woman) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child](https://readinglist.school/book/the-circuit-stories-from-the-life-of-a-migrant-child) by Francisco Jiménez _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).

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