Books like Stepping on the Cracks

If you liked Stepping on the Cracks, read Bull Run, Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule, or Jip — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Stepping on the Cracks

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Bull Rungrades 5–8
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
Forty Acres And Maybe A Mulegrades 4–7
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
Jipgrades 5–8
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
Morning Girlgrades 4–7
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
Out of the Dust740L
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
The Giver760L
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s). Amazon →
A Sea of Lemon Treesgrades 5–8
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon →
African Towngrades 7–12
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon →
All He Knewgrades 5–8
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon →
Bea and the New Deal Horsegrades 3–5
Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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