Books like Roller Skates
If you liked Roller Skates, read Daniel Boone, Walk Two Moons, or Dear Mr. Henshaw — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.
Closest match: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty — shares newbery medal
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Looking for books like Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (Realistic Fiction · grades 4–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of roller skating, newbery medal, and friendship. 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 4–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Roller Skates
Daniel BooneJames Daugherty
Walk Two MoonsSharon Creech · 770L
Dear Mr. HenshawBeverly Cleary
DobryMonica Shannon
ShilohPhyllis Reynolds Naylor · 890L
Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The HunterDhan Gopal Mukerji
Hitty Her First Hundred YearsRachel Field
Shen of the SeaArthur Bowie Chrisman
Smoky the CowhorseWill James
Tales from Silver LandsCharles J. Finger
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Why each is a match
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- Daniel Boonegrades 4–7
- Shares themes of newbery medal, both on the Newbery Medal list, and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
- Walk Two Moons770L
- Shares themes of friendship, both on the Newbery Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
- Dear Mr. Henshawgrades 4–6
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
- Dobrygrades 4–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
- Shiloh890L
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
- Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Huntergrades 3–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s). Amazon → books like this →
- Hitty Her First Hundred Yearsgrades 3–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s). Amazon → books like this →
- Shen of the Seagrades 3–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s). Amazon → books like this →
- Smoky the Cowhorsegrades 3–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s). Amazon → books like this →
- Tales from Silver Landsgrades 3–7
- Both on the Newbery Medal list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1920s). Amazon → books like this →
Common questions
- What books are similar to Roller Skates?
- The 10 closest matches to Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer on ReadingList include Daniel Boone, Walk Two Moons, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Dobry, and Shiloh. Each is scored on shared themes (roller skating, newbery medal, and friendship), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–7), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like Roller Skates reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–7), 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.