# Books like Rifles for Watie

**10** books similar to *Rifles for Watie* by Harold Keith (Historical Fiction · grades 5–9), 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:** united states civil war, 1861-1865, history, wars, 1862-1865, child soldiers
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## Similar books

- [Code Name Kingfisher](https://readinglist.school/book/code-name-kingfisher) by Liz Kessler _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Fever 1793](https://readinglist.school/book/fever-1793) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [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 history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Iceberg](https://readinglist.school/book/iceberg) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Nothing Else But Miracles](https://readinglist.school/book/nothing-else-but-miracles) by Kate Albus _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Pink and Say](https://readinglist.school/book/pink-and-say) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of united states civil war, 1861-1865, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) by Jane Yolen _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
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- [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 history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Torch](https://readinglist.school/book/torch) by Lyn Miller-Lachmann _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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