Books like It Came from the Trees

Looking for books like It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell (Horror · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, courage, and fear. 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.

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10 books similar to It Came from the Trees

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Why each is a match

Dogtowngrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (3–6).
Heroesgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (6–8).
Impossible Creaturesgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (4–8).
Just Like Milliegrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (K–3).
Knight Owlgrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (K–3).
Knight Owl and Early Birdgrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (K–3).
Misfit Mansiongrades 3–5
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (3–5).
Simon Sort of Saysgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (6–8).
Skyridersgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (6–8).
Swim Teamgrades 3–7
Shares themes of friendship and courage and overlapping grades (3–7).

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