# Books like Yellow Star

**10** books similar to *Yellow Star* by Jennifer Roy (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8), 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:** holocaust, world war 2, jews, fiction, family life, fiction
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## Similar books

- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) by Jane Yolen _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of holocaust and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Number the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/number-the-stars) by Lois Lowry _(670L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of holocaust and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Diary of a Young Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-diary-of-a-young-girl) by Anne Frank _(1080L · Grades 7–10)_ — Shares themes of holocaust and overlapping grades (7–10).
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Striped Ice Cream](https://readinglist.school/book/striped-ice-cream) by Joan M. Lexau _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Each Little Bird That Sings](https://readinglist.school/book/each-little-bird-that-sings) by Deborah Wiles _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Book Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/the-book-thief) by Markus Zusak _(730L · Grades 8–11)_ — Shares themes of holocaust and overlapping grades (8–11).
- [The Uglified Ducky](https://readinglist.school/book/the-uglified-ducky) by Willy Claflin _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family life, fiction and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Dovey Coe](https://readinglist.school/book/dovey-coe) by Frances O'Roark Dowell _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).

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