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Books like After

Explore 24 books like After by Morris Gleitzman — a handpicked selection united by Orphans & Foster Homes, Holocaust, Military & Wars, and Prejudice & Racism.

Orphans & Foster Homes Holocaust Military & Wars Prejudice & Racism Survival Stories Jewish Death, Grief, Bereavement Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Topics Religious Family Social Themes Action & Adventure Juvenile Nonfiction Historical Juvenile Fiction History

Top related books to After

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Then

Morris Gleitzman

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Holocaust • Military & Wars

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

Robin Stevens

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

Wolf by Wolf One girl s mission to win a race and kill Hitler

Ryan Graudin

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

Two Suns in the Sky

Miriam Bat-Ami

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

Adam & Thomas

Aharon Apelfeld

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Survival Stories

Faceless

Kathryn Lasky

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Holocaust • Survival Stories

Running with Cosmos Flowers The Children of Hiroshima

Shizumi Shigeto Manale

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Military & Wars • Survival Stories

Fearful The Must-Have Companion to the Epic Romantasy Trilogy That’s Taken the World by Storm!

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Military & Wars • Survival Stories

#10

The Hummingbird Killer

Finn Longman

Themes: Survival Stories • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#11

Village of Scoundrels

Margi Preus

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Survival Stories

#12

The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm

David A. Adler

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Jewish

#13

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

#14

Caged Eagles

Eric Walters

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

#15

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Jewish

#16

Catherine’s War

Julia Billet

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Survival Stories

#17

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Jewish

#18

A Ceiling Made of Eggshells

Gail Carson Levine

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Jewish • Social Topics

#19

Just a Girl A True Story of World War II

Lia Levi

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

#20

The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz A True Story Retold for Young Readers

Jeremy Dronfield

Themes: Holocaust • Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism

#21

The Bombs that Brought Us Together

Brian Conaghan

Themes: Military & Wars • Survival Stories • Death, Grief, Bereavement

#22

The Cay

Theodore Taylor

Themes: Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism • Survival Stories

#23

The Power of One Young Reader’s Edition

Bryce Courtenay

Themes: Military & Wars • Prejudice & Racism • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#24

Fearless

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Survival Stories • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Orphans & Foster Homes, Holocaust, Military & Wars — the same threads that run through After by Morris Gleitzman. Among the authors featured: Morris Gleitzman, Robin Stevens, Ryan Graudin, Miriam Bat-Ami, and others.