# Books like There's a Girl in My Hammerlock

**10** books similar to *There's a Girl in My Hammerlock* by Jerry Spinelli (Sports 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:** wrestling, sex role, schools, determination in teenage girls
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## Similar books

- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Jerry Spinelli, the same author, shares themes of schools, and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Milkweed](https://readinglist.school/book/milkweed) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–9)_ — Is by Jerry Spinelli, the same author and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key](https://readinglist.school/book/joey-pigza-swallowed-the-key) by Jack Gantos _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [White Water](https://readinglist.school/book/white-water) by P. J. Petersen _(Grades 4–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Game Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/game-changer) by Tommy Greenwald _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Million-Dollar Throw](https://readinglist.school/book/million-dollar-throw) by Mike Lupica _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Witch Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/the-witch-boy) by Lee Knox Ostertag _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of sex role and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Each Kindness](https://readinglist.school/book/each-kindness) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Mr. Lincoln's Way](https://readinglist.school/book/mr-lincolns-way) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Freaky Friday](https://readinglist.school/book/freaky-friday) by Mary Rodgers _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (4–6).

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