# Books like The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake

**10** books similar to *The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake* by Elvira Woodruff (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–6), 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:** undertakers and undertaking, orphans, truck drivers, uncles
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## Similar books

- [Eight Keys](https://readinglist.school/book/eight-keys) by Suzanne M. LaFleur _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of orphans, both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Ghost of Lizard Light](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-lizard-light) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 3–5)_ — Is by Elvira Woodruff, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Attaboy, Sam!](https://readinglist.school/book/attaboy-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Flying Solo](https://readinglist.school/book/flying-solo) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps](https://readinglist.school/book/ghosts-dont-get-goose-bumps) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 3–5)_ — Is by Elvira Woodruff, the same author, overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (1990s).
- [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).
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Ghost Inside the Monitor](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-inside-the-monitor) by Margaret Jean Anderson _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Root Cellar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-root-cellar) by Janet Lunn _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).

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