# Books like Roller Skates

**10** books similar to *Roller Skates* by Ruth Sawyer (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–7), 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.

**Themes:** roller skating, newbery medal, friendship, neighborliness
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## Similar books

- [Daniel Boone](https://readinglist.school/book/daniel-boone) by James Daugherty _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of newbery medal, both on the Newbery Medal list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Newbery Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Dobry](https://readinglist.school/book/dobry) by Monica Shannon _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Hunter](https://readinglist.school/book/gay-neck-the-story-of-a-pigeon) by Dhan Gopal Mukerji _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Hitty Her First Hundred Years](https://readinglist.school/book/hitty-her-first-hundred-years) by Rachel Field _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Shen of the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/shen-of-the-sea) by Arthur Bowie Chrisman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Smoky the Cowhorse](https://readinglist.school/book/smoky-the-cowhorse) by Will James _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Tales from Silver Lands](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-silver-lands) by Charles J. Finger _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).

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