Read-alikes and related books

Books like Finding Someplace

If you loved Finding Someplace by Denise Lewis Patrick, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Disasters, Survival Stories, 21st Century, and African American & Black.

Disasters Survival Stories 21st Century African American & Black Science & Nature People & Places United States Action & Adventure Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Finding Someplace

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Finding Someplace.

Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina

Rodman Philbrick

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • 21st Century

Paradise on Fire

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • African American & Black

I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20), 20

Lauren Tarshis

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • 21st Century

Claudia in the Storm A Hurricane Katrina Survival Story

Denise Walter McConduit

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • 21st Century

Hurricane Katrina Rescue

Kate Messner

Themes: Disasters • 21st Century • Science & Nature

Maribel Versus the Volcano A Mount St. Helens Survival Story

Sarah Hannah Gómez

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

Carrie and the Great Storm A Galveston Hurricane Survival Story

Jessica Gunderson

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

Lily and the Great Quake A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story

Veeda Bybee

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

Another Kind of Hurricane

Tamara Ellis Smith

Themes: Survival Stories • 21st Century • Science & Nature

#10

Conjure Island

Eden Royce

Themes: Survival Stories • 21st Century • African American & Black

#11

Great Escapes #4 Survival in the Wilderness

Steven Otfinoski

Themes: Survival Stories • African American & Black • Science & Nature

#12

Avalanche!

Terry Lynn Johnson

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#13

I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23)

Lauren Tarshis

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#14

Cora and the Terrible Twister A Tri-State Tornado Survival Story

Julie Gilbert

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#15

I Escaped The World’s Deadliest Shark Attack The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2, I Escaped Book 3

Scott Peters

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#16

Ninth Ward

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Themes: 21st Century • African American & Black • Science & Nature

#17

The Lost Rainforest #3 Rumi’s Riddle

Eliot Schrefer

Themes: Survival Stories • African American & Black • Science & Nature

#18

Stranded

Nikki Shannon Smith

Themes: Survival Stories • African American & Black • Science & Nature

#19

City of Gold

Will Hobbs

Themes: Survival Stories • 21st Century • Science & Nature

#20

The Last Bear

Hannah Gold

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#21

Stranded! A Mostly True Story from Iceland

Ævar Þór Benediktsson

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#22

The Thunderbolt Pony

Stacy Gregg

Themes: Disasters • Survival Stories • Science & Nature

#23

Going Places Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

Tonya Bolden

Themes: 21st Century • African American & Black • Science & Nature

#24

VIP Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer

Heather Alexander

Themes: 21st Century • African American & Black • Science & Nature

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Disasters, Survival Stories, 21st Century — the same threads that run through Finding Someplace by Denise Lewis Patrick. Among the authors featured: Rodman Philbrick, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Lauren Tarshis, Denise Walter McConduit, and others.