What books are similar to A Rover's Story?

The 10 closest matches to A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga on ReadingList include Other Words for Home, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, Swim Team, Frizzy, and Little Monarchs. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–5), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like A Rover's Story reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–5), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like A Rover's Story

If you liked A Rover's Story, read Other Words for Home, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, or Swim Team — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

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Looking for books like A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Other Words for Home930L: Is by Jasmine Warga, the same author, both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hallgrades 3–6: Is by Jasmine Warga, the same author, overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Swim Teamgrades 3–7: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Frizzygrades 4–5: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Little Monarchsgrades 4–5: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Parachute Kidsgrades 3–7: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Unspeakablegrades 3–7: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
El Deafo420L: Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Librarygrades 4–6: Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists) and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Frindle830L: Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →

Books like A Rover's Story for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso · grades 2–5 — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat · grades 2–5 — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).
The People's Painter by Cynthia Levinson · grades 2–5 — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2020s).

Books like A Rover's Story for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick · grades 3–5 — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–5).
Wonder by R.J. Palacio · 790L — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner · grades 4–8 — Both on the Georgia Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker · grades 3–8 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–8).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney · 950L — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–7).

Books like A Rover's Story for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt · grades 6–9 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and the same era (2020s).
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow · grades 6–8 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and the same era (2020s).
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh · grades 6–8 — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and the same era (2020s).
Wonder by R.J. Palacio · 790L — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner · grades 4–8 — Both on the Georgia Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).

Common questions

What books are similar to A Rover's Story?: The 10 closest matches to A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga on ReadingList include Other Words for Home, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, Swim Team, Frizzy, and Little Monarchs. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–5), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like A Rover's Story reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–5), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?: Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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