# Books like White Water

**10** books similar to *White Water* by P. J. Petersen (Sports Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** father and child, fear, rafting (sports), fear, fiction
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## Similar books

- [There's a Girl in My Hammerlock](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-girl-in-my-hammerlock) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 6–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear, both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 2–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Game Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/game-changer) by Tommy Greenwald _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Million-Dollar Throw](https://readinglist.school/book/million-dollar-throw) by Mike Lupica _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of fear and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Million Dollar Kick](https://readinglist.school/book/the-million-dollar-kick) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 4–6)_ — Same genre (Sports Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [It Came from the Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees) by Ally Russell _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-cabin-23-the-boo-hag-flex) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of fear and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Doom Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/the-doom-stone) by Paul Zindel _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of fear and overlapping grades (6–9).

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