Read-alikes and related books

Books like While I Was Away

24 titles for readers of While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown, selected for shared themes: Emigration & Immigration, Multigenerational, New Experience, and Social Topics.

Emigration & Immigration Multigenerational New Experience Social Topics Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Asia Activity Books People & Places Family Travel Juvenile Nonfiction Historical Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Fiction History

Top related books to While I Was Away

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of While I Was Away.

Quincy Goes to the Southeast Asian Night Market

Mari Bolte

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • New Experience

Breaking Through

Francisco Jiménez

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Northward to the Moon

Polly Horvath

Themes: Multigenerational • New Experience • Social Topics

March Forward, Girl

Melba Pattillo Beals

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

March Forward, Girl From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

Melba Beals

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

Christina Matula

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • New Experience

My Two Blankets

Irena Kobald

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • New Experience • Social Topics

Efrén Divided A Novel

Ernesto Cisneros

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • New Experience • Social Topics

A Girl Named Rosita The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer!

Anika Denise

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#10

The People Remember

Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Themes: Multigenerational • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Activity Books

#11

Cajas de cartón relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino

Francisco Jiménez

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#12

Breda’s Island

Jessie Ann Foley

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • New Experience

#13

Spot Visits His Grandparents

Eric Hill

Themes: Multigenerational • New Experience • Social Topics

#14

Box of Dreams

Faith Kazmi

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • New Experience

#15

Scroll

Hui Li

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • Asia

#16

Jefferson’s Children The Story of One American Family

Shannon Lanier

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#17

American Immigration: Our History, Our Stories

Kathleen Krull

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • New Experience • Social Topics

#18

Brighter Than the Sun

Daniel Aleman

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • Social Topics

#19

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • New Experience • Social Topics

#20

The Storyteller’s Candle — Lucía M. González

Lucia M. Gonzalez

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Social Topics • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#21

What Will You Be?

Yamile Saied Méndez

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • Social Topics

#22

This is Not My Home

Eugenia Yoh

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • New Experience

#23

The Sun is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Multigenerational • Social Topics

#24

Why Am I Here?

Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • New Experience • Social Topics

If While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Emigration & Immigration, Multigenerational, New Experience and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Mari Bolte, Francisco Jiménez, Polly Horvath, Melba Pattillo Beals, and others.