Read-alikes and related books

Books like Sentries

24 books recommended for fans of Sentries by Gary Paulsen, tied together by themes of War & Military, Emotions & Feelings, Coming of Age, and People & Places.

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Top related books to Sentries

Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Sentries — in theme, mood, or literary style.

The Wrap-up List

Steven Arntson

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

The Space Between Here & Now

Sarah Suk

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

The Everything I Have Lost

Sylvia Zeleny

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

Café Con Lychee

Emery Lee

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

This Is Not a Personal Statement

Tracy Badua

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Han Nolan

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • People & Places

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

Shut Up, this is Serious

Carolina Ixta

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

On the Come Up Collector’s Edition

Angie Thomas

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#10

All the Things We Never Knew

Liara Tamani

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#11

The Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown

Andrew Yang

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#12

Lifeblood

Gena Showalter

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

#13

Shane

Jack Schaefer

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#14

The Broken Lands

Kate Milford

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#15

Girl on Fire

Alicia Keys

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#16

Golden Arm

Carl Deuker

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

#17

Powerful

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

#18

Jumping the Nail

Eve Bunting

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#19

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Tiffany D. Jackson

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#20

The Deep Enders A Novel (for Young Adults)

Dave Reardon

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • People & Places

#21

The Summer of No Regrets

Katherine Grace Bond

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#22

The Falling in Love Montage

Ciara Smyth

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Coming of Age • People & Places

#23

Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity

Angela Velez

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#24

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Themes: Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

If Sentries by Gary Paulsen is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by War & Military, Emotions & Feelings, Coming of Age and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Steven Arntson, Sarah Suk, Sylvia Zeleny, Emery Lee, and others.