# Books like You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye

**10** books similar to *You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye* by Patricia Hermes (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–6), 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:** death, mothers and daughters, cancer, anglais (langue)
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## Similar books

- [Call Me Hope](https://readinglist.school/book/call-me-hope) by Gretchen Olson _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mothers and daughters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Clayton Byrd Goes Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/clayton-byrd-goes-underground) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Drive-By](https://readinglist.school/book/drive-by) by Lynne Ewing _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Flying Solo](https://readinglist.school/book/flying-solo) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World](https://readinglist.school/book/ida-b-and-her-plans-to-maximize-fun-avoid-disaster-and-save-the-world) by Katherine Hannigan _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of cancer, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Jelly Belly](https://readinglist.school/book/jelly-belly) by Robert Kimmel Smith _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret](https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Boy at War](https://readinglist.school/book/boy-at-war) by Harry Mazer _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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