# Books like Tornado

**10** books similar to *Tornado* by Betsy Cromer Byars (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–6), 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:** dogs, fiction, tornadoes, fiction, tornadoes, dogs
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/tornado
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## Similar books

- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–5)_ — Is by Betsy Cromer Byars, the same author, shares themes of dogs, fiction and dogs, and both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list.
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, fiction and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Good Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-dog) by Avi _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, fiction and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Snot Stew](https://readinglist.school/book/snot-stew) by Bill Wallace _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Computer Nut](https://readinglist.school/book/the-computer-nut) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Betsy Cromer Byars, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Hachiko](https://readinglist.school/book/hachiko) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, fiction and dogs and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Dogtown](https://readinglist.school/book/dogtown) by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Big Ben](https://readinglist.school/book/big-ben) by David Harry Walker _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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