Read-alikes and related books

Books like Whale Talk

Across Physical & Emotional Abuse, Water Sports, Emotions & Feelings, and Young Adult Fiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher.

Top related books to Whale Talk

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

The Easy Part of Impossible

Sarah Tomp

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings

Girl Out of Water

Laura Silverman

Themes: Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Phantom Limbs

Paula Garner

Themes: Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Stotan!

Chris Crutcher

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

But I Love Him

Amanda Grace

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

The End of Our Story

Meg Haston

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Life Is Funny

E. R. Frank

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Sugaring Off

Gillian French

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#10

My Sweet Audrina

V.C. Andrews

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#11

Trigger

N. Griffin

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#12

Orbiting Jupiter

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#13

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#14

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

Sally J. Pla

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

#15

The Killer’s Cousin

Nancy Werlin

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#16

The Boy From the Basement

Susan Shaw

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#17

The Rules of Survival

Nancy Werlin

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#18

The Flowers in the Attic Saga (Boxed Set) Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind; If There Be Thorns/Seeds of Yesterday; Garden of Shadows

V.C. Andrews

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#19

The Way I Am Now

Amber Smith

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#20

Looking for JJ

Anne Cassidy

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#21

The Secrets We Keep

Cassie Gustafson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#22

Swimming Struggle

C. L. Reid

Themes: Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings • Sports & Recreation

#23

Saturday Is Swimming Day

Hyewon Yum

Themes: Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings • Sports & Recreation

#24

Mop Rides the Waves of Life A Story of Mindfulness and Surfing (Emotional Regulation for Kids, Mindfulness 1 01 for Kids)

Jaimal Yogis

Themes: Water Sports • Emotions & Feelings • Sports & Recreation

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher — spanning Physical & Emotional Abuse, Water Sports, Emotions & Feelings and featuring authors such as Sarah Tomp, Laura Silverman, Paula Garner, Chris Crutcher, and others.