Read-alikes and related books

Books like Ground Zero

Readers who finished Ground Zero by Alan Gratz and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Military & Wars, 21st Century, Middle East, and Asia.

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Top related books to Ground Zero

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Ground Zero.

Ground Zero A Novel of 9/11

Alan Gratz

Themes: Military & Wars • 21st Century • Middle East

Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society

Adeline Yen Mah

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • Asia

White Needle

Carl Bowen

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • Asia

Vehicles of the Iraq War

Rebecca Love Fishkin

Themes: Military & Wars • 21st Century • Middle East

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks

Don Brown

Themes: Military & Wars • 21st Century • Middle East

The Devil’s Playground The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley

Andrew Bragg

Themes: 21st Century • Middle East • Asia

Heart of a Shepherd

Rosanne Parry

Themes: 21st Century • Middle East • People & Places

Headhunter 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq’s Diyala River Valley

Peter C. Svoboda

Themes: 21st Century • Middle East • Asia

Dear Blue Sky

Mary Sullivan

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • People & Places

#10

Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein Based on a True Story

Jennifer Roy

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • People & Places

#11

Squanto’s Journey The Story of the First Thanksgiving

Joseph Bruchac

Themes: Military & Wars • 21st Century • People & Places

#12

Kids of Kabul Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War

Deborah Ellis

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • Asia

#13

Tucky Jo and Little Heart

Patricia Polacco

Themes: Military & Wars • Asia • People & Places

#14

The Lotus Seed

Sherry Garland

Themes: Military & Wars • Asia • People & Places

#15

The Best at It

Maulik Pancholy

Themes: Middle East • Asia • People & Places

#16

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr

Themes: Military & Wars • Asia • People & Places

#17

Anisa’s International Day

Reem Faruqi

Themes: Middle East • Asia • People & Places

#18

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Themes: Military & Wars • Asia • People & Places

#19

Muhammad Najem, War Reporter How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

Muhammad Najem

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • Asia

#20

Purple Heart

Patricia McCormick

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • People & Places

#21

Three Days in January Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission

Bret Baier

Themes: Military & Wars • 21st Century • People & Places

#22

Lydia, Queen of Palestine

Uri Orlev

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • People & Places

#23

Black Hearts and Painted Guns A Battalion’s Journey Into Iraq’s Triangle of Death

Kelly Eads

Themes: 21st Century • Middle East • Asia

#24

Escape from Aleppo

N. H. Senzai

Themes: Military & Wars • Middle East • People & Places

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Ground Zero by Alan Gratz — spanning Military & Wars, 21st Century, Middle East and featuring authors such as Alan Gratz, Adeline Yen Mah, Carl Bowen, Rebecca Love Fishkin, and others.