Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Wednesday Wars

24 books recommended for fans of The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, tied together by themes of Theater & Musicals, Military & Wars, Boys & Men, and School & Education.

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Top related books to The Wednesday Wars

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

The Elementals

Saundra Mitchell

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • People & Places

Dream, Annie, Dream

Waka T. Brown

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

London Calling

Edward Bloor

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • School & Education

Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • Performing Arts

Incredibly Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 5 Mission Star-Power

Marti Dumas

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

Musical Star

Rowan Coleman

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

Not Quite Snow White

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

A Midsummer Tights Dream More (boy Snogging) Misadventures of Tallulah Casey

Louise Rennison

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Boys & Men • School & Education

#10

The Ever-After Bird

Ann Rinaldi

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • People & Places

#11

Rebecca: The Sound of Applause

Jacqueline Dembar Greene

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • Performing Arts

#12

Maryellen: Taking Off

Valerie Tripp

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • Performing Arts

#13

The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

Michael Leali

Themes: Boys & Men • School & Education • Performing Arts

#14

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Han Nolan

Themes: Military & Wars • School & Education • People & Places

#15

Jimmy’s Stars

Mary Ann Rodman

Themes: Military & Wars • School & Education • People & Places

#16

Breaking Through

Francisco Jiménez

Themes: Boys & Men • School & Education • People & Places

#17

Rebound

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Boys & Men • School & Education • People & Places

#18

Spain Or Shine

Michelle Jellen

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

#19

Dara Palmer’s Major Drama

Emma Shevah

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • People & Places

#20

Karthik Delivers

Sheela Chari

Themes: Theater & Musicals • People & Places • Performing Arts

#21

A Persian Princess

Barbara Diamond Goldin

Themes: Theater & Musicals • People & Places • Performing Arts

#22

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

Phillip Hoose

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • School & Education

#23

Sugar Changed the World A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

Marc Aronson

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • School & Education

#24

Just Henry

Michelle Magorian

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • People & Places

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt — spanning Theater & Musicals, Military & Wars, Boys & Men and featuring authors such as Saundra Mitchell, Waka T. Brown, Edward Bloor, Gary D. Schmidt, and others.