Books like The Game of Silence

Looking for books like The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich (Middle Grade · grades 3–7)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Game of Silence

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Why each is a match

Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner [Dyslexic Edition]grades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Eagle Drumsgrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Healer of the Water Monstergrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
How I Became A Ghostgrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horsegrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Indian No Moregrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Jordin Tootoogrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
We Still Belonggrades 3–7
Same genre (Middle Grade) and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Coyote Solstice Talegrades K–3
Overlapping grades (K–3) and the same era (2000s).
A Mango-Shaped Spacegrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).

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