# Books like Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You

**10** books similar to *Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You* by Barthe DeClements (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** dyslexia, teacher-student relationships, schools, school stories
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## Similar books

- [Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade](https://readinglist.school/book/nothings-fair-in-fifth-grade) by Barthe DeClements _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Barthe DeClements, the same author, both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of schools and school stories, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Schooled](https://readinglist.school/book/schooled) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of school stories, both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Strange Case of Origami Yoda](https://readinglist.school/book/the-strange-case-of-origami-yoda) by Tom Angleberger _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+3 more shared lists), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1980s).
- [Togo](https://readinglist.school/book/togo) by Robert J. Blake _(Grades 2–8)_ — Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [The Boys Start the War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boys-start-the-war) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Superfudge](https://readinglist.school/book/superfudge) by Judy Blume _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (1980s).

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