Books like The World According to Humphrey

Looking for books like The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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A Single Shard920L
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).
A Week in the Woodsgrades 3–6
Overlapping grades (3–6) and the same era (2000s).
All the Lovely Bad Onesgrades 5–8
Overlapping grades (5–8) and the same era (2000s).
Artemis Fowlgrades 4–6
Overlapping grades (4–6) and the same era (2000s).
Bad News for Outlawsgrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (2000s).
Because of Winn-Dixie610L
Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (2000s).
Bunniculagrades 3–6
Overlapping grades (3–6) and the same era (2000s).
Chains780L
Overlapping grades (5–9) and the same era (2000s).
Champgrades 3–5
Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (2000s).
Claudette Colvingrades 6–10
Overlapping grades (6–10) and the same era (2000s).

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