# Books like The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper

**10** books similar to *The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper* by Jean Van Leeuwen (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:** mice, mice in fiction, christmas, christmas in fiction
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## Similar books

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