Books like House Arrest

If you liked House Arrest, read A Family Apart, Patron Saints of Nothing, or Stung — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon — shares family, fiction

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Looking for books like House Arrest by K. A. Holt (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9)? It’s most often read for its themes of stories in rhyme and family, fiction. 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 6–9 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to House Arrest

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A Family Apartgrades 6–8
Shares themes of family, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
Patron Saints of Nothinggrades 9–12
Shares themes of family, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Stunggrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Danger Zonegrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphreygrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Heart of a Championgrades 6–8
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
High Heatgrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Mississippi Trial, 1955grades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Night Hoopsgrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Perfectgrades 6–9
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →

Books like House Arrest for younger readers (K–2)

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

  • The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray · grades K–3 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont · grades K–2 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire · grades K–1 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein · grades K–3 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio · grades K–3 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).

Books like House Arrest for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

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

  • The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray · grades K–3 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein · grades K–3 — Shares themes of stories in rhyme and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio · grades K–3 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen · grades K–3 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • Maxi’s Secrets: (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog) by Lynn Plourde · grades 3–5 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).

Common questions

What books are similar to House Arrest?
The 10 closest matches to House Arrest by K. A. Holt on ReadingList include A Family Apart, Patron Saints of Nothing, Stung, Danger Zone, and Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey. Each is scored on shared themes (stories in rhyme and family, fiction), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–9), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like House Arrest reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–9), 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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