# Books like Taking Terri Mueller

**10** books similar to *Taking Terri Mueller* by Norma Fox Mazer (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8), 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.

**Themes:** divorce, parental kidnapping, kidnapping, girls, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of divorce, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Strider](https://readinglist.school/book/strider) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of divorce and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Third Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-third-eye) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job](https://readinglist.school/book/baby-sitting-is-a-dangerous-job) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Hostage](https://readinglist.school/book/hostage) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Thing About Leftovers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thing-about-leftovers) by C.C. Payne _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of divorce, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Zach's Lie](https://readinglist.school/book/zachs-lie) by Roland Smith _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Skeleton Man](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-man) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of kidnapping and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Sharing Susan](https://readinglist.school/book/sharing-susan) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of girls, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Shoeshine Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/shoeshine-girl) by Clyde Robert Bulla _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of girls, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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