# Books like The Goof that Won the Pennant

**10** books similar to *The Goof that Won the Pennant* by Jonah Kalb (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** baseball, baseball, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of baseball and baseball, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret](https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Don't Hurt Laurie](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-hurt-laurie) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of baseball, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job](https://readinglist.school/book/baby-sitting-is-a-dangerous-job) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Cardboard](https://readinglist.school/book/cardboard) by Doug TenNapel _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Cliff-Hanger](https://readinglist.school/book/cliff-hanger) by Alane Ferguson _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Forged by Fire](https://readinglist.school/book/forged-by-fire) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 7–10)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–10).
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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