# Books like Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

**10** books similar to *Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes* by Chris Crutcher (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), 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:** conduct of life, interpersonal relations, high schools, schools
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## Similar books

- [Ironman](https://readinglist.school/book/ironman) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Chris Crutcher, the same author, shares themes of interpersonal relations, and both on the California Young Reader Medal list.
- [After](https://readinglist.school/book/after) by Francine Prose _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of high schools and schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Tears of A Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/tears-of-a-tiger) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of high schools and schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Only Alien on the Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-only-alien-on-the-planet) by Kristen D. Randle _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of high schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [All We Have Left](https://readinglist.school/book/all-we-have-left) by Wendy Mills _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life and interpersonal relations, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/chicken-soup-for-the-teenage-soul) by Jack Canfield _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Plague Year](https://readinglist.school/book/plague-year) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of high schools and schools and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Armageddon Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/armageddon-summer) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Bad](https://readinglist.school/book/bad) by Jean Ferris _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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