Read-alikes and related books

Books like Swagger

If you loved Swagger by Carl Deuker, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Sexual Abuse, Peer Pressure, Basketball, and Law & Crime.

Sexual Abuse Peer Pressure Basketball Law & Crime Bullying Boys & Men Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Topics Emotions & Feelings Young Adult Fiction Sports & Recreation Social Themes Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Swagger

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

The Cartographers

Amy Zhang

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Carla’s Sandwich

Debbie Herman

Themes: Peer Pressure • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

That’s What Friends Do

Cathleen Barnhart

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Peer Pressure • Bullying

Lessons from a Dead Girl

Jo Knowles

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Social Topics

Iron River

Daniel Acosta

Themes: Law & Crime • Bullying • Boys & Men

Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

Kat Rosenfield

Themes: Law & Crime • Bullying • Social Topics

Nobody Knows But You

Anica Mrose Rissi

Themes: Law & Crime • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#10

The New David Espinoza

Fred Aceves

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Boys & Men

#11

Spirit Guides and Angels How I Communicate with Heaven

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Bullying • Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#12

Night Hoops

Carl Deuker

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Emotions & Feelings

#13

Forged by Fire

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Basketball • Bullying • Social Topics

#14

The Lucky Baseball Bat

Matt Christopher

Themes: Peer Pressure • Bullying • Boys & Men

#15

One on One

Andrea Montalbano

Themes: Peer Pressure • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#16

Tides

Betsy Cornwell

Themes: Bullying • Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#17

Rani Patel in Full Effect

Sonia Patel

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#18

Let’s Talk about Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect Teach Children about Body Ownership, Respect, Feelings, Choices and Recognizing Bullying Behaviors

Jayneen Sanders

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#19

Do You Have a Secret?

Jennifer Moore-Mallinos

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Bullying • Social Topics

#20

Trust the Grind How World-Class Athletes Got to the Top

Jeremy Bhandari

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#21

Walter Finds His Voice The Story of a Shy Crocodile

Ann Kim Ha

Themes: Bullying • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

#22

A Beginner’s Guide to the Four Psychic Clair Senses Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Bullying • Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#23

Billy Miller Makes a Wish

Kevin Henkes

Themes: Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

#24

My Father’s Arms are a Boat

Stein Erik Lunde

Themes: Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Sexual Abuse, Peer Pressure, Basketball — the same threads that run through Swagger by Carl Deuker. Among the authors featured: Amy Zhang, Amber Smith, Debbie Herman, Cathleen Barnhart, and others.