# Books like Stepping on the Cracks

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

- [Among the Hidden](https://readinglist.school/book/among-the-hidden) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 5–8)_ — Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- [Bull Run](https://readinglist.school/book/bull-run) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 5–8)_ — Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (1990s).
- [Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/magic-tree-house-dinosaurs-before-dark) by Mary Pope Osborne _(510L · Grades 1–4)_ — Overlapping grades (1–4) and the same era (1990s).
- [Ella Enchanted](https://readinglist.school/book/ella-enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine _(Grades 4–7)_ — Overlapping grades (4–7) 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)_ — Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7)_ — Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1990s).
- [Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House](https://readinglist.school/book/goosebumps-welcome-to-dead-house) by R.L. Stine _(Grades 3–7)_ — Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1990s).
- [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone) by J.K. Rowling _(880L · Grades 4–7)_ — Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_ — Overlapping grades (4–7) and the same era (1990s).

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