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If you loved Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Friendship and Social Themes.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Fourth Grade Rats.

The Old House — Pamela Duncan Edwards

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever! — Beth Ferry

Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever!

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Sweeping Up the Heart — Kevin Henkes

Sweeping Up the Heart

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Eggs — Jerry Spinelli

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Everything I Have Lost — Sylvia Zeleny

The Everything I Have Lost

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers — Caela Carter

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle — Leslie Connor

The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

As You Wish — Chelsea Sedoti

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Ten A Soccer Story — Shamini Flint

Ten A Soccer Story

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Over You — Amy Reed

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Being Mary Bennet — J C Peterson

Being Mary Bennet

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Borrowers Afloat — Mary Norton

The Borrowers Afloat

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

All Different — Roger Hargreaves

Roger Hargreaves

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure — Paula Harrison

Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Tryout — Christina Soontornvat

Christina Soontornvat

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Falling Short — Ernesto Cisneros

Ernesto Cisneros

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Humphrey’s Bear — Jan Wahl

Humphrey’s Bear

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

A Day for Vincent Chin and Me — Jacqueline Turner Banks

A Day for Vincent Chin and Me

Jacqueline Turner Banks

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Thanks a Lot, Universe — Chad Lucas

Thanks a Lot, Universe

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Blackwoods — Brandy Colbert

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

The Assassin Game — Kirsty McKay

The Assassin Game

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Nightingale’s Nest — Nikki Loftin

Nightingale’s Nest

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Just Grace Walks the Dog — Charise Mericle Harper

Just Grace Walks the Dog

Charise Mericle Harper

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

Shrinking Violet — Jean Ure

Shrinking Violet

Themes: Friendship • Social Themes

If Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Friendship, Social Themes and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Beth Ferry, Kevin Henkes, Jerry Spinelli, and others.

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