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If you loved Gold Dust by Chris Lynch, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Baseball & Softball, Dating & Relationships, Prejudice & Racism, and Social Topics.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Gold Dust.

The Aurora County All-Stars

Deborah Wiles

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism

Call Me By My Name

John Ed Bradley

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Frankly in Love

David Yoon

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Twerp

Mark Goldblatt

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • School & Education

All Star How Larry Doby Smashed the Color Barrier in Baseball

Audrey Vernick

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Tryout

Christina Soontornvat

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • School & Education

Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • School & Education

Show and Prove

Sofia Quintero

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • People & Places

#10

Baseball Card Adventures 3-Book Box Set Honus and Me, Jackie and Me, Babe and Me

Dan Gutman

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Prejudice & Racism • People & Places

#11

If You Come Softly

Jacqueline Woodson

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#12

The Black Kids

Christina Hammonds Reed

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • School & Education

#13

Under the Baseball Moon

John H. Ritter

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Dating & Relationships • Social Topics

#14

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself

Judy Blume

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • People & Places

#15

The Starplace

Vicki Grove

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#16

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

#17

The Boy on Cinnamon Street

Phoebe Stone

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

#18

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

Ben Philippe

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

#19

Rules for Being a Girl

Candace Bushnell

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

#20

Julia Gillian (and the Quest for Joy)

Alison McGhee

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Social Topics • School & Education

#21

Ace of Spades — Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#22

Death Sets Sail

Robin Stevens

Themes: Dating & Relationships • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#23

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 • School & Education

#24

The Closest I’ve Come

Fred Aceves

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • School & Education

If Gold Dust by Chris Lynch is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Baseball & Softball, Dating & Relationships, Prejudice & Racism and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Deborah Wiles, John Ed Bradley, David Yoon, Mark Goldblatt, and others.