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 Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.

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Top related books to The Wednesday Wars

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

Dara Palmer’s Major Drama

Emma Shevah

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Siblings

Dream, Annie, Dream

Waka T. Brown

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

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

Jimmy’s Stars

Mary Ann Rodman

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • School & Education

The Elementals

Saundra Mitchell

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

Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life Is a Joke (a Graphic Novel)

James Patterson

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Siblings • Performing Arts

Not Quite Snow White

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

Maryellen: Taking Off

Valerie Tripp

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Siblings • School & Education

Oh, Sal

Kevin Henkes

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

#10

Fresh Princess: Style Rules!

Denene Millner

Themes: Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

#11

Spain Or Shine

Michelle Jellen

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

#12

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

Louise Rennison

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

#13

We Dream of Space

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Siblings • School & Education

#14

Hattie Big Sky

Kirby Larson

Themes: Military & Wars • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • People & Places

#15

The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo

Judy Blume

Themes: Theater & Musicals • Siblings • School & Education

#16

Rebecca: The Sound of Applause

Jacqueline Dembar Greene

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

#17

Stella Batts Superstar

Courtney Sheinmel

Themes: Siblings • School & Education • People & Places

#18

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

L.M. Elliott

Themes: Military & Wars • Siblings • People & Places

#19

The Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia

Meg Cabot

Themes: Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

#20

Fearful The Must-Have Companion to the Epic Romantasy Trilogy That’s Taken the World by Storm!

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Military & Wars • Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#21

Breaking Through

Francisco Jiménez

Themes: Boys & Men • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education

#22

Rebound

Kwame Alexander

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

#23

London Calling

Edward Bloor

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

#24

Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 5 Mission Star-Power

Marti Dumas

Themes: Theater & Musicals • School & Education • 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 Emma Shevah, Waka T. Brown, Gary D. Schmidt, Mary Ann Rodman, and others.