# Books like Tucky Jo and Little Heart

**10** books similar to *Tucky Jo and Little Heart* by Patricia Polacco (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–5), 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:** soldiers, kindness, world war, 1939-1945, history
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## Similar books

- [Boy at War](https://readinglist.school/book/boy-at-war) by Harry Mazer _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of world war, 1939-1945 and history, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Duke](https://readinglist.school/book/duke) by Kirby Larson _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of world war, 1939-1945, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Here Comes the Garbage Barge](https://readinglist.school/book/here-comes-the-garbage-barge) by Jonah Winter _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Prisoner B-3087](https://readinglist.school/book/prisoner-b-3087) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Saving Zasha](https://readinglist.school/book/saving-zasha) by Randi G. Barrow _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of world war, 1939-1945, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of kindness, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Honest Truth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honest-truth) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Thing About Leftovers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thing-about-leftovers) by C.C. Payne _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of kindness, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) list, and overlapping grades (3–7).

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