# Books like The Downstairs Girl

**10** books similar to *The Downstairs Girl* by Stacey Lee (Historical Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** household employees, fiction, authorship, fiction, chinese americans, fiction, georgia, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Echo](https://readinglist.school/book/echo) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(680L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [A Corner of the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/a-corner-of-the-universe) by Ann M. Martin _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Night Divided](https://readinglist.school/book/a-night-divided) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Allies](https://readinglist.school/book/allies) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–9)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-great-chicago-fire-1871) by Lauren Tarshis _(Grades 3–6)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2010s).
- [I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1912) by Lauren Tarshis _(590L · Grades 2–5)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).

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