Books like The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

If you liked The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman, read Forged by Fire, When Stars Are Scattered, or The Honest Truth — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Closest match: Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper — shares family and resilience

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Looking for books like The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–9)? It’s most often read for its themes of family, resilience, and hope. 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 The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

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Forged by Firegrades 7–10
Shares themes of family and resilience, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon → books like this →
When Stars Are Scatteredgrades 5–8
Shares themes of family and hope and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Honest Truthgrades 5–8
Shares themes of hope, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Between Two Brothersgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family and hope and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Al Capone Does My Shirtsgrades 3–8
Is by Gennifer Choldenko, the same author, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
A Long Walk to Water720L
Shares themes of hope and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Chains780L
Shares themes of resilience and overlapping grades (5–9). Amazon → books like this →
Hatchet1020L
Shares themes of resilience and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)830L
Shares themes of resilience and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon → books like this →
The Diary of a Young Girl1080L
Shares themes of hope and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon → books like this →

Books like The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

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

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou · 1070L — Shares themes of family and resilience.
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck · 680L — Shares themes of family and resilience.
  • Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of family, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).

Common questions

What books are similar to The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman?
The 10 closest matches to The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko on ReadingList include Forged by Fire, When Stars Are Scattered, The Honest Truth, Between Two Brothers, and Al Capone Does My Shirts. Each is scored on shared themes (family, resilience, and hope), 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 The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman 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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