Books like Growing Home

Looking for books like Growing Home by Beth Ferry (Middle Grade Fantasy · grades 3–5)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, family, and perseverance. The 10 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.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Growing Home

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Why each is a match

Curveballgrades 3–5
Shares themes of friendship, family, and perseverance and overlapping grades (3–5).
Just a Pinch of Magicgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship and family, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Operation Final Noticegrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship, family, and perseverance and overlapping grades (4–8).
Fablehavengrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship and family, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Trumpet of the Swangrades 3–6
Shares themes of family and perseverance, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Amir and the Jinn Princessgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Bea and the New Deal Horsegrades 3–5
Shares themes of family and perseverance and overlapping grades (3–5).
Countdown to Yesterdaygrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and family and overlapping grades (3–6).
Dogtowngrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and perseverance and overlapping grades (3–6).
Impossible Creaturesgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–8).

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