What books are similar to There's a Bat in Bunk Five?

The 10 closest matches to There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger on ReadingList include The Divorce Express, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Hattie Big Sky, Touching Spirit Bear, and Breathe: A Ghost Story. Each is scored on shared themes, 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 There's a Bat in Bunk Five 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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Books like There's a Bat in Bunk Five

If you liked There's a Bat in Bunk Five, read The Divorce Express, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, or Hattie Big Sky — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: The Divorce Express by Paula Danziger

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Looking for books like There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8)? 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.

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The Divorce Expressgrades 7–9: Is by Paula Danziger, the same author and overlapping grades (7–9). Amazon → books like this →
The Cat Ate My Gymsuitgrades 4–6: Is by Paula Danziger, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Hattie Big Skygrades 6–8: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
Touching Spirit Beargrades 6–9: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Breathe: A Ghost Storygrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Dovey Coegrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
High Heatgrades 6–9: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill Yougrades 6–8: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Mississippi Trial, 1955grades 6–9: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
Night Hoopsgrades 6–9: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to There's a Bat in Bunk Five?: The 10 closest matches to There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger on ReadingList include The Divorce Express, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Hattie Big Sky, Touching Spirit Bear, and Breathe: A Ghost Story. Each is scored on shared themes, 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 There's a Bat in Bunk Five 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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