# Books like When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

**10** books similar to *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town* by Kimberly Willis Holt (Realistic Fiction · grades 2–8), 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:** friendship, city and town life, best friends, overweight persons
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## Similar books

- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Real Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/real-friends) by Shannon Hale _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and best friends, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Rules](https://readinglist.school/book/rules) by Cynthia Lord _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [A Boy Named Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-named-queen) by Sara Cassidy _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Blubber](https://readinglist.school/book/blubber) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Dogtown](https://readinglist.school/book/dogtown) by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life](https://readinglist.school/book/dork-diaries-tales-from-a-not-so-fabulous-life) by Rachel Renée Russell _(890L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Eight Keys](https://readinglist.school/book/eight-keys) by Suzanne M. LaFleur _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House](https://readinglist.school/book/goosebumps-welcome-to-dead-house) by R.L. Stine _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (3–7).

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