Books like…

Books Like Old Yeller

by Fred Gipson · about this book

Loved Old Yeller by Fred Gipson? If its series, dogs and coming of age hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Giver and The High King. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Old Yeller: Series · Dogs · Coming of Age · Animal Companion · Middle Grade

1. 

   The Knife of Never Letting Go

   Patrick Ness

   Pet Loss · Dogs · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Emotional

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   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Rite of Passage · Loss of Innocence · Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Classics

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   The High King

   Lloyd Alexander

   Rite of Passage · Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Classics · Adventure

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   J.K. Rowling

   Rite of Passage · Loss of Innocence · Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Classics

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5. 

   Assassin's Apprentice

   Robin Hobb

   Dogs · Pet Loss · Coming of Age · Classics · Bittersweet

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6. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Classics · Bittersweet

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7. 

   Peter Pan

   J. M. Barrie

   Loss of Innocence · Children's · Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Classics

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8. 

   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

   Lyman Frank Baum

   Children's · Middle Grade · Dogs · Classics · Rural Farm

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9. 

   The Little Prince

   Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

   Children's · Loss of Innocence · Classics · Middle Grade · Bittersweet

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10. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Pet Loss · Dogs · Bittersweet · Emotional · Rural Farm

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11. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Dogs · Coming of Age · Rural Farm · Bittersweet · Emotional

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12. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Tearjerker · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age · Classics · Emotional

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13. 

    The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein

    Tearjerker · Classics · Children's · Loss of Innocence · Emotional

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14. 

    Forge

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · Series · Emotional

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15. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Coming of Age · Tearjerker · Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional

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16. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Rural Farm · Dogs · Classics · Emotional · Bittersweet

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17. 

    We Begin at the End

    Chris Whitaker

    Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · Rural Farm · Coming of Age · Emotional

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18. 

    The Wild Robot

    Peter Brown

    Children's · Middle Grade · Bittersweet · Emotional · Adventure

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19. 

    Lirael

    Garth Nix

    Dogs · Coming of Age · Adventure · Classics · Series

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20. 

    Refugee

    Alan Gratz

    Middle Grade · Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · Emotional · Adventure

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