Read-alikes and related books

Books like Pony

24 titles for readers of Pony by R. J. Palacio, selected for shared themes: Horses, 19th Century, Animals, and United States.

Horses 19th Century Animals United States Action & Adventure Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Pony

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Pony.

Some Kind of Courage

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket

Deborah Hopkinson

Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

Riding Freedom — Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Munoz Ryan

Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

All Their Names Were Courage

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

Horse Diaries #3: Koda

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

Horse Diaries #2: Bell’s Star

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

Rush Revere and the Presidency

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

#10

The Horse and the Plains Indians A Powerful Partnership

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

#11

Firehorse

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Themes: Horses • Animals • United States

#12

Midnight Rider

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Themes: Horses • Animals • United States

#13

From Slave to Soldier Based on a True Civil War Story

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Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#14

The Pastures of Beyond An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West

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Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

#15

I Escaped The World’s Deadliest Shark Attack The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2, I Escaped Book 3

Scott Peters

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#16

Go West, Young Women!

Kathleen Karr

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#17

City of Gold

Will Hobbs

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#18

The Bears of Blue River

Charles Major

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#19

Secrets at Sea

Richard Peck

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#20

Shadow of the Wolf

Gloria Whelan

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#21

Jim Ugly

Sid Fleischman

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#22

Another Quest for Celeste

Henry Cole

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

#23

Riders of the Pony Express

Ralph Moody

Themes: Horses • 19th Century • Animals

#24

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

Themes: 19th Century • Animals • United States

If Pony by R. J. Palacio is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Horses, 19th Century, Animals and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Dan Gemeinhart, Rosanne Parry, Marguerite Henry, Deborah Hopkinson, and others.