# Books like Where the Red Fern Grows

**10** books similar to *Where the Red Fern Grows* by Wilson Rawls (Children's Fiction · 700L · grades 4–7), matched on shared themes, 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:** boy-and-dog bond, rural self-reliance, perseverance, grief, family
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## Similar books

- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of grief and family and a close reading level (720L vs 700L).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief and family and a close reading level (750L vs 700L).
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Shares themes of grief and family and a close reading level (770L vs 700L).
- [Rebound](https://readinglist.school/book/rebound) by Kwame Alexander _(780L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and coming of age and a close reading level (780L vs 700L).
- [Ramona the Pest](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-pest) by Beverly Cleary _(750L · Grades 2–4)_ — Shares themes of family and a close reading level (750L vs 700L).
- [The Outsiders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-outsiders) by S.E. Hinton _(750L · Grades 7–9)_ — Shares themes of family and a close reading level (750L vs 700L).
- [Dragonwings](https://readinglist.school/book/dragonwings) by Laurence Yep _(870L · Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of perseverance and family and a close reading level (870L vs 700L).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of perseverance and family and a close reading level (950L vs 700L).
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and coming of age and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Little Women](https://readinglist.school/book/little-women) by Louisa May Alcott _(1300L · Grades 7–10)_ — Shares themes of family and coming of age and overlapping grades (7–10).

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