# 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

- [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).
- [The Trouble with Tuck](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trouble-with-tuck) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Theodore Taylor, the same author, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Scared Stiff](https://readinglist.school/book/scared-stiff) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Mystery at the Club Sandwich](https://readinglist.school/book/mystery-at-the-club-sandwich) by Doug Cushman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [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 Bomb](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bomb-theodore-taylor) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 7–10)_ — Is by Theodore Taylor, the same author and overlapping grades (7–10).
- [The Cats in Krasinski Square](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cats-in-krasinski-square) by Karen Hesse _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of cats, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [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).

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