Read-alikes and related books

Books like Stand Tall

24 titles for readers of Stand Tall by Joan Bauer, selected for shared themes: Size & Shape, Adolescence & Coming of Age, Multigenerational, and Marriage & Divorce.

Size & Shape Adolescence & Coming of Age Multigenerational Marriage & Divorce School & Education Concepts Family Social Themes Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Stand Tall

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Stand Tall.

Cringe Club You’ve Been Added to the Group Chat!

Emily-Jane Clark

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • Marriage & Divorce

Finding Orion

John David Anderson

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • Marriage & Divorce

Breda’s Island

Jessie Ann Foley

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • Marriage & Divorce

Up High

Matt Hunt

Themes: Size & Shape • Multigenerational • Concepts

The Oak Inside the Acorn

Max Lucado

Themes: Size & Shape • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Concepts

I’m Not a Baby!

Jill McElmurry

Themes: Size & Shape • Multigenerational • Concepts

A House

Kevin Henkes

Themes: Size & Shape • Marriage & Divorce • Concepts

Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!

James Patterson

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

Just Grace

Charise Mericle Harper

Themes: Multigenerational • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#10

The Decomposition of Jack — Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#11

Anastasia Again!

Lois Lowry

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#12

The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess

Meg Cabot

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#13

Dough Boy

Peter Marino

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#14

Break

Kayla Miller

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#15

TBH, I Feel the Same

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#16

Middle School: Big Fat Liar

James Patterson

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#17

My Jasper June

Laurel Snyder

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • Concepts

#18

The Princess Diaries, Volume III: Princess in Love

Meg Cabot

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#19

It Only Looks Easy

Pamela Swallow

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#20

Tidesong

Wendy Xu

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

#21

Tbh #5: Tbh, I Feel the Same

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#22

The Crossover Series 3-Book Paperback Box Set The Crossover, Booked, Rebound

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Multigenerational • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#23

Not That I Care

Rachel Vail

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Marriage & Divorce • School & Education

#24

Anastasia at Your Service

Lois Lowry

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Multigenerational • School & Education

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Size & Shape, Adolescence & Coming of Age, Multigenerational — the same threads that run through Stand Tall by Joan Bauer. Among the authors featured: Emily-Jane Clark, John David Anderson, Jessie Ann Foley, Matt Hunt, and others.