Read-alikes and related books

Books like Saturday Boy

Readers who finished Saturday Boy by David Fleming and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Military & Wars, Parents, Death, Grief, Bereavement, and Family.

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Top related books to Saturday Boy

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

After

Morris Gleitzman

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

World Made of Glass

Ami Polonsky

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

London Calling

Edward Bloor

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Night Catch

Brenda Ehrmantraut

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

My Brother Sam is Dead

James Lincoln Collier

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — L. M. Elliott

L.M. Elliott

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Sweeping Up the Heart

Kevin Henkes

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Red-dirt Jessie

Anna Myers

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Muckers

Sandra Neil Wallace

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#10

The Warden’s Daughter

Jerry Spinelli

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#11

The Elementals

Saundra Mitchell

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#12

Clues to the Universe

Christina Li

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#13

My Long List of Impossible Things

Michelle Barker

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

#14

The Barn

Avi

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#15

Storyteller

Patricia Reilly Giff

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

#16

One True Way

Shannon Hitchcock

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#17

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

Robin Stevens

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#18

Lost in the War

Nancy Antle

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

#19

Jump Into the Sky

Shelley Pearsall

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

#20

The Stone Warriors

Michael Northrop

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#21

These Shallow Graves

Jennifer Donnelly

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#22

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Military & Wars • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

#23

Postcards from No Man’s Land

Aidan Chambers

Themes: Military & Wars • Parents • Family

#24

The Plan

Alison Paul

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Family

Fans of Saturday Boy by David Fleming will find 24 titles here, all united by Military & Wars, Parents, Death, Grief, Bereavement. Authors represented include Morris Gleitzman, Ami Polonsky, Edward Bloor, Brenda Ehrmantraut, and others.