# Books like Slam

**10** books similar to *Slam* by Walter Dean Myers (Juvenile Fiction · grades 4–8), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Fallen Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/fallen-angels) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Walter Dean Myers, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and same genre (Juvenile Fiction).
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Walter Dean Myers, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters](https://readinglist.school/book/christmas-in-the-big-house-christmas-in-the-quarters) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Dark-Thirty](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-thirty) by Patricia McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Let the Circle Be Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/let-the-circle-be-unbroken) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Miracle's Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/miracles-boys) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The People Could Fly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-people-could-fly) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The View from Saturday](https://readinglist.school/book/the-view-from-saturday) by E. L. Konigsburg _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [102 Days of Lying About Lauren](https://readinglist.school/book/102-days-of-lying-about-lauren) by Maura Jortner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [A Boy at War](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-at-war-a-novel-of-pearl-harbor) by Harry Mazer _(Grades 3–6)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–6).

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