Books like The Trumpet of the Swan

Looking for books like The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (Middle Grade Fantasy · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of perseverance, family, 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 The Trumpet of the Swan

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Why each is a match

Summer of the Monkeysgrades 4–7
Shares themes of perseverance, family, and nature and overlapping grades (4–7).
Brick Dust and Bonesgrades 6–8
Shares themes of perseverance, family, and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Rascalgrades 5–8
Shares themes of perseverance, family, and nature and overlapping grades (5–8).
Amir and the Jinn Princessgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Bea and the New Deal Horsegrades 3–5
Shares themes of perseverance, family, and courage and overlapping grades (3–5).
Fablehavengrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and courage, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Globalgrades 6–8
Shares themes of perseverance, courage, and nature and overlapping grades (6–8).
Growing Homegrades 3–5
Shares themes of perseverance and family, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–5).
Nimbusgrades 3–6
Shares themes of courage and animals, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Old Yellergrades 5–8
Shares themes of family, courage, and animals and overlapping grades (5–8).

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