# Books like The Doom Stone

**10** books similar to *The Doom Stone* by Paul Zindel (Horror · grades 6–9), 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:** survival, science, fear
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## Similar books

- [Cryptid Hunters](https://readinglist.school/book/cryptid-hunters) by Roland Smith _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [It Came from the Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees) by Ally Russell _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens](https://readinglist.school/book/mountain-of-fire) by Rebecca E. Barone _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of survival and science and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-cabin-23-the-boo-hag-flex) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Escaping the Giant Wave](https://readinglist.school/book/escaping-the-giant-wave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2010s).
- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) by Gary Paulsen _(1020L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [My Teacher Is an Alien](https://readinglist.school/book/my-teacher-is-an-alien) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of science, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).

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