# Books like Stepping on the Cracks

**10** books similar to *Stepping on the Cracks* by Mary Downing Hahn, 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

- [Bull Run](https://readinglist.school/book/bull-run) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule](https://readinglist.school/book/forty-acres-and-maybe-a-mule) by Harriette Robinet _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [Jip](https://readinglist.school/book/jip-his-story) by Katherine Paterson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Morning Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/morning-girl) by Michael Dorris _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [Out of the Dust](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-the-dust) by Karen Hesse _(740L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [The Giver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giver) by Lois Lowry _(760L · Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [A Sea of Lemon Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sea-of-lemon-trees) by María Dolores Águila _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [African Town](https://readinglist.school/book/african-town) by Irene Latham _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [All He Knew](https://readinglist.school/book/all-he-knew) by Helen Frost _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Bea and the New Deal Horse](https://readinglist.school/book/bea-and-the-new-deal-horse) by L. M. Elliott _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (3–5).

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