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Books like Freedom

Explore 24 books like Freedom by Catherine Johnson — a handpicked selection united by Slavery, Prejudice & Racism, Social Topics, and People & Places.

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Top related books to Freedom

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

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

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

Themes: Slavery • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

You are Loved A Book about Families — Margaret O’Hair

You are Loved A Book about Families — Margaret O’Hair

Margaret O'Hair

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Ace of Spades — Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Ace of Spades — Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

The Cost of Knowing — Brittney Morris

The Cost of Knowing

Brittney Morris

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Once — Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Ghost Boys — Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Young Samurai The Way of the Dragon — Chris Bradford

Young Samurai The Way of the Dragon

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Islandborn — Junot Díaz

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Jefferson’s Children The Story of One American Family — Shannon Lanier

Jefferson’s Children The Story of One American Family

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

A Slave Family — Bobbie Kalman

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Mao’s Last Dancer Young Readers Edition — Li Cunxin

Mao’s Last Dancer Young Readers Edition

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Chinese Cinderella — Adeline Yen Mah

Chinese Cinderella

Adeline Yen Mah

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

We are Here — Tami Charles

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Finding Junie Kim — Ellen Oh

Finding Junie Kim

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

When the Schools Shut Down A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision — Yolanda Gladden

When the Schools Shut Down A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision

Yolanda Gladden

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

My Long List of Impossible Things — Michelle Barker

My Long List of Impossible Things

Michelle Barker

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

You are Enough A Book about Inclusion — Margaret O’Hair

You are Enough A Book about Inclusion — Margaret O’Hair

Margaret O'Hair

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

The Other Side of Truth — Beverley Naidoo

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter — Shani Mahiri King

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

Shani Mahiri King

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

I Rise — Marie Arnold

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

The Sun is Also a Star — Nicola Yoon

The Sun is Also a Star

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

I Can Make This Promise — Christine Day

I Can Make This Promise

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Iron River — Daniel Acosta

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

Parachute Kids — Betty C. Tang

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Freedom by Catherine Johnson. Connected by Slavery, Prejudice & Racism, Social Topics. Authors featured include Marc Aronson, Margaret O'Hair, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Brittney Morris, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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