# 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

- [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).
- [Miss Nelson Has a Field Day](https://readinglist.school/book/miss-nelson-has-a-field-day) by Harry Allard _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Miss Nelson Is Back](https://readinglist.school/book/miss-nelson-is-back) by Harry Allard _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [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).
- [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).
- [The Toll-Bridge Troll](https://readinglist.school/book/the-toll-bridge-troll) by Patricia Rae Wolff _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/class-clown) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [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).
- [Herbie's Troubles](https://readinglist.school/book/herbies-troubles) by Carol Chapman _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [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).

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