Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dear Blue Sky

Looking for read-alikes for Dear Blue Sky by Mary Sullivan? These 24 titles overlap in Violence, Disabilities, Military & Wars, and Middle East and overall literary texture.

Violence Disabilities Military & Wars Middle East Siblings People & Places Family Social Themes United States Action & Adventure Juvenile Nonfiction Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Dear Blue Sky

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

Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein Based on a True Story

Jennifer Roy

Themes: Violence • Military & Wars • Middle East

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

George Jreije

Themes: Violence • Middle East • People & Places

The Usual Suspects

Maurice Broaddus

Themes: Violence • Disabilities • Middle East

Under Attack

Jim Eldridge

Themes: Violence • Military & Wars • Middle East

What Katy Did (Puffin Classics Relaunch)

Susan Coolidge

Themes: Disabilities • Siblings • People & Places

Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am

Harry Mazer

Themes: Disabilities • Military & Wars • Siblings

Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — L. M. Elliott

L.M. Elliott

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

Finding Junie Kim

Ellen Oh

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

Jimmy’s Stars

Mary Ann Rodman

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

#10

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Han Nolan

Themes: Violence • Military & Wars • People & Places

#11

MapMaker

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#12

The Kite Fighters

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#13

Dry

Neal Shusterman

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#14

Three Things I Know Are True

Betty Culley

Themes: Violence • Disabilities • Siblings

#15

The Car

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Violence • Military & Wars • Family

#16

My Name Is a Story

Ashanti

Themes: Violence • Middle East • People & Places

#17

My Long List of Impossible Things

Michelle Barker

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

#18

Alfie Cat in Trouble

Rachel Wells

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

#19

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

#20

The War I Finally Won

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Themes: Disabilities • Military & Wars • Siblings

#21

The Adventures of Zack and Mira

Jeannette Haley

Themes: Middle East • Siblings • People & Places

#22

The War that Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Themes: Disabilities • Military & Wars • Siblings

#23

How to Steal a Dog — Barbara O’Connor

Barbara O'Connor

Themes: Disabilities • Siblings • People & Places

#24

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Joanna Ho

Themes: Middle East • Siblings • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Dear Blue Sky by Mary Sullivan. Connected by Violence, Disabilities, Military & Wars. Authors featured include Jennifer Roy, George Jreije, Maurice Broaddus, Jim Eldridge, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.