Books like Simon Sort of Says

Looking for books like Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, humor, and courage. 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 Simon Sort of Says

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Why each is a match

Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and humor, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Dogtowngrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and courage and overlapping grades (3–6).
The First State of Beinggrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
The Superteacher Projectgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and humor, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
Shares themes of friendship and humor, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
How to Eat Fried Wormsgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and courage and overlapping grades (3–6).
My Teacher Is an Aliengrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and courage and overlapping grades (3–6).
The BFG720L
Shares themes of friendship and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
The Whipping Boygrades 3–7
Shares themes of friendship and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).

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