Books like Ten Kids, No Pets

If you liked Ten Kids, No Pets, read A Dog's Life, Una niña llamada Rose / Rain Reign, or The War with Grandpa — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin

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Looking for books like Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin (Children's · grades 4–6)? 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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A Dog's Lifegrades 4–6
Is by Ann M. Martin, the same author, both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Children's). Amazon → books like this →
Una niña llamada Rose / Rain Reigngrades 4–7
Is by Ann M. Martin, the same author and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
The War with Grandpagrades 4–7
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Superfudgegrades 3–6
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (1980s). Amazon → books like this →
Wait Till Helen Comesgrades 4–7
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1980s). Amazon → books like this →
Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwoodgrades 4–7
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Subgrades 4–7
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Christina's Ghostgrades 4–6
Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1980s). Amazon → books like this →
The Indian in the Cupboardgrades 3–6
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (1980s). Amazon → books like this →
11 Birthdaysgrades 3–5
Both on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →

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Common questions

What books are similar to Ten Kids, No Pets?
The 10 closest matches to Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin on ReadingList include A Dog's Life, Una niña llamada Rose / Rain Reign, The War with Grandpa, Superfudge, and Wait Till Helen Comes. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Ten Kids, No Pets reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–6), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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