# Books like The Dark Frigate

**10** books similar to *The Dark Frigate* by Hawes C. (Fiction · grades 3–7), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Sounder](https://readinglist.school/book/sounder) by William H. Armstrong _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The Midwife's Apprentice](https://readinglist.school/book/the-midwifes-apprentice) by Karen Cushman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze](https://readinglist.school/book/young-fu-of-the-upper-yangtze) by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Hunter](https://readinglist.school/book/gay-neck-the-story-of-a-pigeon) by Dhan Gopal Mukerji _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Hitty Her First Hundred Years](https://readinglist.school/book/hitty-her-first-hundred-years) by Rachel Field _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Shen of the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/shen-of-the-sea) by Arthur Bowie Chrisman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Smoky the Cowhorse](https://readinglist.school/book/smoky-the-cowhorse) by Will James _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [Tales from Silver Lands](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-silver-lands) by Charles J. Finger _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).
- [The Trumpeter of Krakow](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trumpeter-of-krakow) by Eric P (Eric Philbrook) Kelly _(Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s).

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