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Books like Darkness Before Dawn

Across Violence, Bullying, Social Topics, and School & Education — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper.

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

The Black Coats

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

The Closest I’ve Come

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Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • School & Education

This Is Where It Ends

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

My Name Is a Story

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

Forged by Fire

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Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • African American & Black

The Usual Suspects

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Themes: Violence • Social Topics • School & Education

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

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Themes: Violence • Social Topics • African American & Black

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Iron River

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

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Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • School & Education

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Themes: Social Topics • School & Education • African American & Black

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You Got Me Twisted

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • African American & Black

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The Forsaken The Forsaken Trilogy

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

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Themes: Violence • Social Topics • African American & Black

#16

Piecing Me Together

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Themes: Social Topics • School & Education • African American & Black

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Themes: Social Topics • School & Education • African American & Black

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Ace of Spades — Faridah Abike-Iyimide

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Themes: Social Topics • School & Education • African American & Black

#19

Sugar Changed the World A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

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Themes: Violence • Social Topics • School & Education

#20

Wilder

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • School & Education

#21

Skeeter

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Themes: Violence • Bullying • African American & Black

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You’re Next

Kylie Schachte

Themes: Violence • Bullying • Social Topics

#23

Every Stolen Breath

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Themes: Violence • Social Topics • People & Places

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I’m Alice (I Think)

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Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • School & Education

Fans of Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper will find 24 titles here, all united by Violence, Bullying, Social Topics. Authors represented include Colleen Oakes, Rita Williams-Garcia, Fred Aceves, Marieke Nijkamp, and others.