# Books like You Never Can Tell

**10** books similar to *You Never Can Tell* by Ellen Conford, 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.

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## Similar books

- [Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood](https://readinglist.school/book/hail-hail-camp-timberwood) by Ellen Conford _(Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Ellen Conford, the same author and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [A Tangle of Roots](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tangle-of-roots) by Barbara Girion _(Grades 7–9)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (7–9).
- [Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary](https://readinglist.school/book/anne-frank-beyond-the-diary) by Ruud van der Rol _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Circus Mirandus](https://readinglist.school/book/circus-mirandus) by Cassie Beasley _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Cousins](https://readinglist.school/book/cousins) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-the-best-dog-in-vietnam) by Cynthia Kadohata _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [December](https://readinglist.school/book/december) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Ella Enchanted](https://readinglist.school/book/ella-enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Killing Mr. Griffin](https://readinglist.school/book/killing-mr-griffin) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 7–9)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (7–9).
- [Mayday! Mayday!](https://readinglist.school/book/mayday-mayday) by Hilary Milton _(Grades 7–9)_ — Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (7–9).

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