# Books like Sniper

**10** books similar to *Sniper* by Theodore Taylor (Mystery · grades 6–8), 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:** cats, zoos, cat family (mammals), cats -- fiction
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## Similar books

- [The Cay](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cay) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 5–8)_ — Is by Theodore Taylor, the same author and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Bomb](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bomb-theodore-taylor) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 7–10)_ — Is by Theodore Taylor, the same author, overlapping grades (7–10), and the same era (1990s).
- [Spirit Seeker](https://readinglist.school/book/spirit-seeker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (1990s).
- [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Jigsaw Jungle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-jigsaw-jungle) by Kristin Levine _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Other Side of Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/the-other-side-of-dark) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Terror at the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of zoos, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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