What books are similar to The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle?

The 10 closest matches to The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor on ReadingList include Fish in a Tree, The War That Saved My Life, Wonderstruck, A Bird Will Soar, and A Journey Under the Sea. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–7), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–7), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle

If you liked The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle, read Fish in a Tree, The War That Saved My Life, or Wonderstruck — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Fish in a Tree550L: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
The War That Saved My Life580L: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Wonderstruckgrades 4–7: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
A Bird Will Soargrades 4–7: Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
A Journey Under the Seagrades 2–5: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
A Lot to Like!grades 2–5: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
A Rover's Storygrades 4–5: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Bluegrades K–4: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (K–4), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →
Class Actgrades 4–8: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s). Amazon →

Books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor · grades 2–5 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer · grades 2–5 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle · grades K–2 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett · grades 2–5 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate · grades 2–5 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).

Books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Duel by Jessixa Bagley · grades 4–8 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo · grades 4–7 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s).
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle · grades 3–7 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2020s).
Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor · grades 2–5 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson · grades 4–7 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s).

Books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Duel by Jessixa Bagley · grades 4–8 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo · grades 4–7 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s).
Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle · grades 3–7 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2020s).

Books like The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt · grades 6–9 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2020s).
The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).
The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart · grades 8–12 — Both on the Schneider Family Book Award list and the same era (2020s).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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