# Books like The Fighting Ground

**10** books similar to *The Fighting Ground* by Avi (Historical Fiction · grades 4–8), matched on shared themes, 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:** history, united states in fiction, united states, historical fiction
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## Similar books

- [Good Night, Mr. Tom](https://readinglist.school/book/good-night-mr-tom) by Michelle Magorian _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of historical fiction, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) by Jane Yolen _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Barbed Wire Baseball](https://readinglist.school/book/barbed-wire-baseball) by Marissa Moss _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of historical fiction, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Pink and Say](https://readinglist.school/book/pink-and-say) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of united states, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Avi, the same author, overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Code Name Kingfisher](https://readinglist.school/book/code-name-kingfisher) by Liz Kessler _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Fever 1793](https://readinglist.school/book/fever-1793) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Iceberg](https://readinglist.school/book/iceberg) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Nothing Else But Miracles](https://readinglist.school/book/nothing-else-but-miracles) by Kate Albus _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Rifles for Watie](https://readinglist.school/book/rifles-for-watie) by Harold Keith _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).

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