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Books like Cracker Jackson

If you loved Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Physical & Emotional Abuse, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Friendship, and Social Themes.

Top related books to Cracker Jackson

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

Nowhere Special

Matt Wallace

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

What Happened to Rachel Riley?

Claire Swinarski

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

The Hummingbird Killer

Finn Longman

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

Nobody Knows But You

Anica Mrose Rissi

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

Cracked

K. M. Walton

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

A Beginner’s Guide to the Four Psychic Clair Senses Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

The Problem with Forever

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

Pretty Girl-13

Liz Coley

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

Junk Boy

Tony Abbott

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#10

Coyote Queen

Jessica Vitalis

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#11

The Way I Am Now

Amber Smith

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#12

Some Secrets Should Never be Kept

Jayneen Sanders

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#13

Out of Breath

Rebecca Donovan

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#14

From My Head to My Toes

Aly Raisman

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#15

Algo Pasó y Me Da Miedo Decirlo Un Libro para Jóvenes Víctimas Del Abuso

Patricia Kehoe

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#16

The Lottery Rose

Irene Hunt

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#17

Jacqueline Wilson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#18

Freaky Green Eyes

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#19

The Words Hurt Helping Children Cope with Verbal Abuse

Chris Loftis

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#20

Disappearing Acts

Betsy Byars

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship • Social Themes

#21

Losers Bracket

Chris Crutcher

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#22

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

Stephanie Oakes

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes

#23

Cut Me Free

J. R. Johansson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Friendship • Social Themes

#24

Lily and Taylor

Elise Moser

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Friendship • Social Themes

If Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Physical & Emotional Abuse, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Friendship and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Matt Wallace, Claire Swinarski, Finn Longman, Anica Mrose Rissi, and others.