# Books like The Giant Slayer

**10** books similar to *The Giant Slayer* by Iain Lawrence (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–6), 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:** storytelling, fathers and daughters, imagination, people with disabilities
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## Similar books

- [Tangerine](https://readinglist.school/book/tangerine) by Edward Bloor _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of people with disabilities, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Crenshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/crenshaw) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of imagination, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Indian in the Cupboard](https://readinglist.school/book/the-indian-in-the-cupboard) by Lynne Reid Banks _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of imagination, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Earthquake Terror](https://readinglist.school/book/earthquake-terror) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of people with disabilities and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [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 storytelling and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Girl with the Ghost Machine](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-with-the-ghost-machine) by Lauren DeStefano _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of fathers and daughters and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Spying on Miss Müller](https://readinglist.school/book/spying-on-miss-m-ller) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of fathers and daughters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect) by Natasha Friend _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of fathers and daughters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Fablehaven](https://readinglist.school/book/fablehaven) by Brandon Mull _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of imagination and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon](https://readinglist.school/book/and-the-dish-ran-away-with-the-spoon) by Janet Stevens _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).

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