# Books like The Root Cellar

**10** books similar to *The Root Cellar* by Janet Lunn (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8), 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:** farm life, orphans, space and time, orphans, fiction
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## Similar books

- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [December Stillness](https://readinglist.school/book/december-stillness) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Dobry](https://readinglist.school/book/dobry) by Monica Shannon _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of farm life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Eight Keys](https://readinglist.school/book/eight-keys) by Suzanne M. LaFleur _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [El Chupacabras](https://readinglist.school/book/el-chupacabras) by Adam Rubin _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of farm life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Greetings from Witness Protection!](https://readinglist.school/book/greetings-from-witness-protection) by Jake Burt _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Harris and Me](https://readinglist.school/book/harris-and-me) by Gary Paulsen _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of farm life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Harry's Mad](https://readinglist.school/book/harrys-mad) by Dick King-Smith _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Taking Terri Mueller](https://readinglist.school/book/taking-terri-mueller) by Norma Fox Mazer _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-funeral-of-slim-jim-the-snake) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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