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Across Bullying, Coming of Age, and Social Themes — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Josh’s Wall by Cliff Ashpaugh.

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

Shane — Jack Schaefer

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

I’m Alice (I Think) — Susan Juby

I’m Alice (I Think)

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Nobody Knows But You — Anica Mrose Rissi

Nobody Knows But You

Anica Mrose Rissi

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

This Will Be Funny Someday — Katie Henry

This Will Be Funny Someday

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Yellow Flag — Robert Lipsyte

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Stepping on the Cracks — Mary Downing Hahn

Stepping on the Cracks

Mary Downing Hahn

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

#famous — Jilly Gagnon

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Like a Love Story — Abdi Nazemian

Like a Love Story

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Welcome to the Show A Mickey Tussler Novel, Book 3 — Frank Nappi

Welcome to the Show A Mickey Tussler Novel, Book 3

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Junk Boy — Tony Abbott

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize — Margo Rabb

Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Time Bomb — Joelle Charbonneau

Joelle Charbonneau

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

The Black Coats — Colleen Oakes

The Black Coats

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

The Cartographers — Amy Zhang

The Cartographers

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Send — Patty Blount

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy A Newbery Honor Award Winner — Gary D. Schmidt

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Clique Bait — Ann Valett

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

If These Wings Could Fly — Kyrie McCauley

If These Wings Could Fly

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Katzenjammer — Francesca Zappia

Francesca Zappia

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Le petit prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le petit prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

Love & Resistance — Kara H. L. Chen

Love & Resistance

Kara H. L. Chen

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

That’s Not what Happened — Kody Keplinger

That’s Not what Happened

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

The Closest I’ve Come — Fred Aceves

The Closest I’ve Come

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

The Way I Used to Be — Amber Smith

The Way I Used to Be

Themes: Bullying • Coming of Age • Social Themes

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Josh’s Wall by Cliff Ashpaugh. Connected by Bullying, Coming of Age, Social Themes. Authors featured include Jack Schaefer, Susan Juby, Anica Mrose Rissi, Katie Henry, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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