Books like Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Looking for books like Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis (Fiction · grades 3–7)? The 8 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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8 books similar to Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

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Why each is a match

Soundergrades 3–7
Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Dark Frigategrades 3–7
Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Midwife's Apprenticegrades 3–7
Same genre (Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Caddie Woodlawn's Familygrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1930s).
Mr. Popper's Penguins910L
Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (1930s).
The Cat Who Went to Heaven [1930 Edition Illustrated by Lynn Ward]grades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1930s).
Thimble Summergrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1930s).
Waterless Mountaingrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1930s).

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