# 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

- [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).
- [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).
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [Surviving the Applewhites](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-the-applewhites) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Airball: My Life in Briefs](https://readinglist.school/book/airball-my-life-in-briefs) by L.D. Harkrader _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Brighty of the Grand Canyon](https://readinglist.school/book/brighty-of-the-grand-canyon) by Marguerite Henry _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bristle Face](https://readinglist.school/book/bristle-face) by Zachary Ball _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).

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