What books are similar to Taking Terri Mueller?

The 10 closest matches to Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox Mazer on ReadingList include Night Hoops, Strider, The Third Eye, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, and Hostage. Each is scored on shared themes (divorce, parental kidnapping, and kidnapping), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Taking Terri Mueller reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

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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.

Books like Taking Terri Mueller

If you liked Taking Terri Mueller, read Night Hoops, Strider, or The Third Eye — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Closest match: Night Hoops by Carl Deuker — shares divorce

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Looking for books like Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox Mazer (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of divorce, parental kidnapping, and kidnapping. The 10 titles below 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 6–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Why each is a match

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Night Hoopsgrades 6–9: Shares themes of divorce, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Stridergrades 6–8: Shares themes of divorce and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Third Eyegrades 6–8: Shares themes of kidnapping and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Jobgrades 3–8: Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
Hostagegrades 3–8: Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Thing About Leftoversgrades 4–7: Shares themes of divorce, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Zach's Liegrades 3–8: Shares themes of kidnapping, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
Skeleton Mangrades 3–8: Shares themes of kidnapping and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
Sharing Susangrades 2–8: Shares themes of girls, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon → books like this →
Shoeshine Girlgrades 4–6: Shares themes of girls, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Taking Terri Mueller for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

A Door Near Here by Heather Quarles · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of divorce and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
Girl, Stolen by April Henry · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of kidnapping and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh · grades 11–12 — Shares themes of divorce.

Common questions

What books are similar to Taking Terri Mueller?: The 10 closest matches to Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox Mazer on ReadingList include Night Hoops, Strider, The Third Eye, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, and Hostage. Each is scored on shared themes (divorce, parental kidnapping, and kidnapping), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Taking Terri Mueller reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–8), 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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