What books are similar to Tiger Eyes?

The 10 closest matches to Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume on ReadingList include Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Blubber, The Bronze Bow, The Door in the Wall, and The First Part Last. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Tiger Eyes reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–8), 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.

Books like Tiger Eyes

If you liked Tiger Eyes, read Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Blubber, or The Bronze Bow — the closest matches in our database, matched on reading level.

Closest match: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

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Looking for books like Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Young Adult Fiction · grades 4–8)? 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 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Why each is a match

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaretgrades 4–6: Is by Judy Blume, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Blubbergrades 4–7: Is by Judy Blume, the same author and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Bronze Bowgrades 3–7: Same genre (YOUNG ADULT FICTION) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Door in the Wallgrades 3–7: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
The First Part Lastgrades 4–8: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Hero and the Crowngrades 3–7: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Slave Dancergrades 3–7: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
Toning the Sweepgrades 4–8: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Up a Road Slowlygrades 3–7: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →
Ender's Game780L: Same genre (Young Adult Fiction) and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Tiger Eyes for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

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

Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta · grades 9–12 — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green · 850L — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
Artifice by Sharon Cameron · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction).

Common questions

What books are similar to Tiger Eyes?: The 10 closest matches to Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume on ReadingList include Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Blubber, The Bronze Bow, The Door in the Wall, and The First Part Last. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Tiger Eyes reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–8), 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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