# Books like The Hot and Cold Summer

**10** books similar to *The Hot and Cold Summer* by Johanna Hurwitz (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:** friendship, summer, fiction, friendship, fiction, summer
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## Similar books

- [My Friend the Vampire](https://readinglist.school/book/my-friend-the-vampire) by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship and friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/class-clown) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–5)_ — Is by Johanna Hurwitz, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Dogtown](https://readinglist.school/book/dogtown) by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All](https://readinglist.school/book/magnolia-wu-unfolds-it-all) by Chanel Miller _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Cybil War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cybil-war) by Betsy Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Stories Julian Tells](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stories-julian-tells) by Ann Cameron _(Grades 2–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [A Boy Named Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-named-queen) by Sara Cassidy _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Amos & Boris](https://readinglist.school/book/amos-boris) by William Steig _(Grades 2–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).

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