# Books like Stepping Up

**10** books similar to *Stepping Up* by Mark Fink (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** basketball, basketball stories, camps, friendship
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## Similar books

- [The Stranger Next Door](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stranger-next-door) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [A Boy Named Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-named-queen) by Sara Cassidy _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Saving Winslow](https://readinglist.school/book/saving-winslow) by Sharon Creech _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Ungifted](https://readinglist.school/book/ungifted) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life](https://readinglist.school/book/dork-diaries-tales-from-a-not-so-fabulous-life) by Rachel Renée Russell _(890L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [He Came With the Couch](https://readinglist.school/book/he-came-with-the-couch) by David Slonim _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Hoot](https://readinglist.school/book/hoot) by Carl Hiaasen _(760L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of basketball, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Red Kayak](https://readinglist.school/book/red-kayak) by Priscilla Cummings _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Rules](https://readinglist.school/book/rules) by Cynthia Lord _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).

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