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24 books recommended for fans of Parallel Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer, tied together by themes of Holocaust, Prejudice & Racism, Social Topics, and Juvenile Nonfiction.

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Top related books to Parallel Journeys

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

I Am a Star Child of the Holocaust — Inge Auerbacher

I Am a Star Child of the Holocaust

Inge Auerbacher

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Just a Girl A True Story of World War II — Lia Levi

Just a Girl A True Story of World War II

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz A True Story Retold for Young Readers — Jeremy Dronfield

The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz A True Story Retold for Young Readers

Jeremy Dronfield

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Anne Frank’s Story — Carol Ann Lee

Anne Frank’s Story

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Remember My Story A Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship that Made History — Claire Sarnowski

Remember My Story A Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship that Made History

Claire Sarnowski

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

After — Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity — Robin Stevens

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The King of Children A Biography of Janusz Korczak — Betty Jean Lifton

The King of Children A Biography of Janusz Korczak

Betty Jean Lifton

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Woman Who Split the Atom The Life of Lise Meitner — Marissa Moss

The Woman Who Split the Atom The Life of Lise Meitner

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Middle School Sleuths How an Eighth-Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees — Fern Schumer Chapman

Middle School Sleuths How an Eighth-Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees

Fern Schumer Chapman

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Caged Eagles — Eric Walters

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Two Suns in the Sky — Miriam Bat-Ami

Two Suns in the Sky

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm — David A. Adler

The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

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: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Survivors of the Holocaust — Zane Whittingham

Survivors of the Holocaust

Zane Whittingham

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

What Was the Holocaust? — Gail Herman

What Was the Holocaust?

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Children of the Wild West — Russell Freedman

Children of the Wild West

Russell Freedman

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Hitler Youth Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow — Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Hitler Youth Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

Nicky & Vera — Peter Sís

Themes: Holocaust • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

A Friend Called Anne — Jacqueline van Maarsen

A Friend Called Anne

Jacqueline Van Maarsen

Themes: Holocaust • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

Info Buzz Black History: Nelson Mandela — Izzi Howell

Info Buzz Black History: Nelson Mandela

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

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 • Juvenile Nonfiction

Resist 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice — Veronica Chambers

Resist 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice

Veronica Chambers

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Holocaust, Prejudice & Racism, Social Topics — the same threads that run through Parallel Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer. Among the authors featured: Inge Auerbacher, Lia Levi, Jeremy Dronfield, Carol Ann Lee, and others.

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