# Books like Rules of the Road #1

**10** books similar to *Rules of the Road #1* by Joan Bauer (Children's · grades 4–9), 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

- [Close to Famous](https://readinglist.school/book/close-to-famous) by Joan Bauer _(Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Joan Bauer, the same author and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Hope Was Here](https://readinglist.school/book/hope-was-here) by Joan Bauer _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Joan Bauer, the same author, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Catherine, Called Birdy](https://readinglist.school/book/catherine-called-birdy) by Karen Cushman _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://readinglist.school/book/eleanor-roosevelt) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Kids at Work](https://readinglist.school/book/kids-at-work-lewis-hine-and-the-crusade-against-child-labor) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Make Lemonade](https://readinglist.school/book/make-lemonade) by Virginia Euwer Wolff _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Martha Graham](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-graham-a-dancers-life) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Small Steps](https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps-the-year-i-got-polio) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Stones in Water](https://readinglist.school/book/stones-in-water) by Donna Jo Napoli _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [The Boy's War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boys-war-confederate-and-union-soldiers-talk-about-the-civil-war) by Jim Murphy _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).

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