Books like We Forgot Brock!

If you liked We Forgot Brock!, read Rugby and Rosie, Gaston, or If I Built a School — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Rugby and Rosie by Nan Parson Rossiter — shares friendship

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Looking for books like We Forgot Brock! by Carter Goodrich (Realistic Fiction · grades K–3)? It’s most often read for its themes of best friends, friendship, and missing children. 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 K–3 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to We Forgot Brock!

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Rugby and Rosiegrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
Gastongrades K–3
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
If I Built a Schoolgrades K–3
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Madeline Finn and the Library Doggrades K–2
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
Memoirs of a Goldfishgrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
The Bear and the Pianogrades K–3
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Bedheadgrades K–3
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Chez Bobgrades K–2
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
Don’t Touch My Roomgrades K–3
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
If I Built a Cargrades K–3
Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →

Books like We Forgot Brock! for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes · 360L — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • House Arrest by K. A. Holt · grades 6–9 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • Stung by Bethany Wiggins · grades 6–9 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker · grades 6–8 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).

Books like We Forgot Brock! for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

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

  • The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of best friends and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
  • House Arrest by K. A. Holt · grades 6–9 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
  • Stung by Bethany Wiggins · grades 6–9 — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).

Common questions

What books are similar to We Forgot Brock!?
The 10 closest matches to We Forgot Brock! by Carter Goodrich on ReadingList include Rugby and Rosie, Gaston, If I Built a School, Madeline Finn and the Library Dog, and Memoirs of a Goldfish. Each is scored on shared themes (best friends, friendship, and missing children), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like We Forgot Brock! reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–3), 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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