# Books like Worth

**10** books similar to *Worth* by A. LaFaye (Realistic 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:** frontier and pioneer life, orphans, fathers and sons, 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 history, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Eight Keys](https://readinglist.school/book/eight-keys) by Suzanne M. LaFleur _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [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).
- [The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-funeral-of-slim-jim-the-snake) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of orphans, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Tucky Jo and Little Heart](https://readinglist.school/book/tucky-jo-and-little-heart) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of history, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [A Time of Troubles](https://readinglist.school/book/a-time-of-troubles) by Pieter Van Raven _(Grades 5–9)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [The Fighting Ground](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fighting-ground) by Avi _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of history, both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Honorable Prison](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honorable-prison) by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).
- [Two Suns in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/two-suns-in-the-sky) by Miriam Bat-Ami _(Grades 6–10)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–10).

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