Read-alikes and related books

Books like Encounter

24 books recommended for fans of Encounter by Jane Yolen, tied together by themes of Caribbean & Latin America, Exploration & Discovery, Pirates, and Native American.

Caribbean & Latin America Exploration & Discovery Pirates Native American Diversity & Multicultural Biographical Survival Stories Girls & Women People & Places Humorous Stories Science Fiction United States Action & Adventure Juvenile Nonfiction Historical Juvenile Fiction History Fiction

Top related books to Encounter

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Timothy of the Cay

Theodore Taylor

Themes: Caribbean & Latin America • Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural

Flaming Arrows

William O. Steele

Themes: Pirates • Biographical • Survival Stories

The Tiger’s Apprentice

Laurence Yep

Themes: Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

The Samurai’s Tale

Erik Christian Haugaard

Themes: Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories

Molly of Denali: Tubing Rocks!

Wgbh Kids

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

Squanto’s Journey The Story of the First Thanksgiving

Joseph Bruchac

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

Paradise Inspired by a True Story of Survival

Joan Elizabeth Goodman

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Pirates • Biographical

Jingle Dancer

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

Sacajawea

Joseph Bruchac

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Native American • Diversity & Multicultural

#10

The Moffats

Eleanor Estes

Themes: Pirates • Survival Stories • Girls & Women

#11

Just Like Grandma

Kim Rogers

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

#12

Magic Or Not?

Edward Eager

Themes: Pirates • Survival Stories • Girls & Women

#13

Captain Sparklebeard

Timothy Knapman

Themes: Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#14

The Manifestor Prophecy

Angie Thomas

Themes: Pirates • Survival Stories • Girls & Women

#15

The Lost Rainforest #3 Rumi’s Riddle

Eliot Schrefer

Themes: Caribbean & Latin America • Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories

#16

Fresh Princess: Style Rules!

Denene Millner

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical • Girls & Women

#17

A Letter for Bob

Kim Rogers

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#18

The Island of Lost Horses

Stacy Gregg

Themes: Caribbean & Latin America • Exploration & Discovery • Girls & Women

#19

Paddle-to-the-Sea

Holling C. Holling

Themes: Native American • Diversity & Multicultural • Biographical

#20

Throwback

Peter Lerangis

Themes: Biographical • Survival Stories • People & Places

#21

Lost Treasures of the Pirates of the Caribbean

James A. Owen

Themes: Caribbean & Latin America • Exploration & Discovery • Pirates

#22

Sisters of the Neversea

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Themes: Pirates • Native American • Girls & Women

#23

The Jolly Mon

Jimmy Buffett

Themes: Caribbean & Latin America • Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories

#24

Lena and the Burning of Greenwood A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story

Nikki Shannon Smith

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories • Girls & Women

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Caribbean & Latin America, Exploration & Discovery, Pirates — the same threads that run through Encounter by Jane Yolen. Among the authors featured: Theodore Taylor, William O. Steele, Laurence Yep, Erik Christian Haugaard, and others.