Books like Torpedoed

Looking for books like Torpedoed by Deborah Heiligman (Children's · grades 6–12)? 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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10 books similar to Torpedoed

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Why each is a match

A Boy Called Christmasgrades 3–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2010s).
A Ray of Lightgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)grades 3–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2010s).
Abigail Adamsgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Abigail Adamsgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglassgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
Absolutely Positively Notgrades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
Al Capone Does My Shirtsgrades 3–8
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
Alchemy and Meggy Swanngrades 3–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2010s).
Amelia Lostgrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).

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