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Books like Ground Zero

Eleven
by Tom Rogers • 2014
On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.
4.32
3k+
🐕 Boy And Dog🗽 September 11🪄 Magical Thinking
Eleven Summary
Eleven 94%
On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.
by Tom Rogers 2014
4.32
3k+ ratings
🐕 Boy And Dog🗽 September 11🪄 Magical Thinking
Wanting Mor
by Rukhsana Khan • 2009
An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.
3.92
1k+
🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan🏠 Orphanage Found Family📚 Education As Escape
Wanting Mor Summary
Wanting Mor 94%
An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.
by Rukhsana Khan 2009
3.92
1k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan🏠 Orphanage Found Family📚 Education As Escape
When the Moon is Low
by Nadia Hashimi • 2015
A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.
4.12
17k+
🧳 Refugee Journey💔 Family Separation🌱 Forced Maturity
When the Moon is Low Summary
When the Moon is Low 94%
A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.
by Nadia Hashimi 2015
4.12
17k+ ratings
🧳 Refugee Journey💔 Family Separation🌱 Forced Maturity
Sparks Like Stars
by Nadia Hashimi • 2021
She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.
4.28
24k+
🏔️ Afghan Diaspora👧 Child Displacement😔 Survivor Guilt
Sparks Like Stars Summary
Sparks Like Stars 93%
She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.
by Nadia Hashimi 2021
4.28
24k+ ratings
🏔️ Afghan Diaspora👧 Child Displacement😔 Survivor Guilt
The Teacher of Nomad Land
by Daniel Nayeri • 2025
Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.
4.15
4k+
👥 Orphan Protagonists🫂 Sibling Bond🧳 Child Refugees
The Teacher of Nomad Land Summary
The Teacher of Nomad Land 93%
Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.
by Daniel Nayeri 2025
4.15
4k+ ratings
👥 Orphan Protagonists🫂 Sibling Bond🧳 Child Refugees
Refugee
by Alan Gratz • 2017
A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.
4.36
84k+
🔀 Interwoven Timelines👧 Child Refugee🌊 Dangerous Sea Crossing
Refugee Summary
Refugee 92%
A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.
by Alan Gratz 2017
4.36
84k+ ratings
🔀 Interwoven Timelines👧 Child Refugee🌊 Dangerous Sea Crossing
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini • 2007
Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.
4.46
1.8M+
👭 Found Sisterhood💔 Domestic Abuse🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns 91%
Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.
by Khaled Hosseini 2007
4.46
1.8M+ ratings
👭 Found Sisterhood💔 Domestic Abuse🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini • 2003
One call from Pakistan forces an Afghan-American back to Kabul, where a betrayal still waits.
4.36
3.5M+
🔄 Redemption Arc🇦🇫 Afghan Fiction💔 Childhood Betrayal
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner 91%
One call from Pakistan forces an Afghan-American back to Kabul, where a betrayal still waits.
by Khaled Hosseini 2003
4.36
3.5M+ ratings
🔄 Redemption Arc🇦🇫 Afghan Fiction💔 Childhood Betrayal
Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012
A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.
4.33
13k+
🏭 Forced Labor Camp🧒 Child Survivor🤝 Found Family
Making Bombs for Hitler Summary
Making Bombs for Hitler 91%
A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012
4.33
13k+ ratings
🏭 Forced Labor Camp🧒 Child Survivor🤝 Found Family
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini • 2011
A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
4.45
24k+
🏔️ Afghanistan Setting⚖️ Ethnic Divide💔 Childhood Betrayal
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner 91%
A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
by Khaled Hosseini 2011
4.45
24k+ ratings
🏔️ Afghanistan Setting⚖️ Ethnic Divide💔 Childhood Betrayal
The Escape
by Robert Muchamore • 2009
A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.
4.12
6k+
🏚️ Occupied France🕵️ Child Spies🔍 Wwii Espionage
The Escape Summary
The Escape 90%
A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.
by Robert Muchamore 2009
4.12
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Occupied France🕵️ Child Spies🔍 Wwii Espionage
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
by Zoulfa Katouh • 2022
Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.
4.45
124k+
🕊️ Syrian War🌊 Refugee Journey💔 Wartime Romance
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Summary
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 90%
Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.
by Zoulfa Katouh 2022
4.45
124k+ ratings
🕊️ Syrian War🌊 Refugee Journey💔 Wartime Romance
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini • 2012
A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.
4.08
408k+
🏠 Family Saga💔 Sibling Separation🤫 Secret Adoption
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed 90%
A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.
by Khaled Hosseini 2012
4.08
408k+ ratings
🏠 Family Saga💔 Sibling Separation🤫 Secret Adoption
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
by John Boyne • 2013
A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.
3.96
12k+
🏠 Wwi Home Front😞 Shell Shock👨‍✈️ Father At War
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave 90%
A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.
by John Boyne 2013
3.96
12k+ ratings
🏠 Wwi Home Front😞 Shell Shock👨‍✈️ Father At War
The War I Finally Won
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017
Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.
4.48
49k+
🫂 Found Family🐴 Healing Through Horses🏠 Wwii Home Front
The War I Finally Won Summary
The War I Finally Won 90%
Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017
4.48
49k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🐴 Healing Through Horses🏠 Wwii Home Front
In the Sea There are Crocodiles
by Fabio Geda • 2010
Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.
4.01
15k+
📖 Refugee Memoir👦 Child Refugee⛓️ Human Trafficking
In the Sea There are Crocodiles Summary
In the Sea There are Crocodiles 90%
Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.
by Fabio Geda 2010
4.01
15k+ ratings
📖 Refugee Memoir👦 Child Refugee⛓️ Human Trafficking
No Ballet Shoes in Syria
by Catherine Bruton • 2019
A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.
4.40
2k+
🩰 Ballet Dreams🧳 Child Refugee Story💔 War Trauma Healing
No Ballet Shoes in Syria Summary
No Ballet Shoes in Syria 90%
A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.
by Catherine Bruton 2019
4.40
2k+ ratings
🩰 Ballet Dreams🧳 Child Refugee Story💔 War Trauma Healing
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014
When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.
3.9
7k+
📖 Novel In Verse🧳 Child Refugee🎨 Art As Healing
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil 90%
When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014
3.9
7k+ ratings
📖 Novel In Verse🧳 Child Refugee🎨 Art As Healing
What Is the What
by Dave Eggers • 2006
Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.
4.15
88k+
🎤 Fictionalized Memoir🏃 Refugee Survival Story👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
What Is the What Summary
What Is the What 90%
Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.
by Dave Eggers 2006
4.15
88k+ ratings
🎤 Fictionalized Memoir🏃 Refugee Survival Story👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys • 2016
Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.
4.35
260k+
🚢 Wartime Evacuation🌊 Maritime Disaster🧊 Survival At Sea
Salt to the Sea Summary
Salt to the Sea 90%
Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.
by Ruta Sepetys 2016
4.35
260k+ ratings
🚢 Wartime Evacuation🌊 Maritime Disaster🧊 Survival At Sea
Words on Fire
by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2019
A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.
4.28
15k+
📦 Book Smuggling🚫 Forbidden Books🇷🇺 Russian Occupation
Words on Fire Summary
Words on Fire 90%
A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2019
4.28
15k+ ratings
📦 Book Smuggling🚫 Forbidden Books🇷🇺 Russian Occupation
One Half from the East
by Nadia Hashimi • 2016
A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.
3.98
3k+
🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity🩹 Injured Parent
One Half from the East Summary
One Half from the East 90%
A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.
by Nadia Hashimi 2016
3.98
3k+ ratings
🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity🩹 Injured Parent
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri • 2023
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
3.96
3k+
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Summary
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams 89%
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
by Daniel Nayeri 2023
3.96
3k+ ratings
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni • 2021
A Vietnam vet's journal links a father and son to a war that never ended.
4.44
40k+
🎖️ Vietnam War🏖️ 1970s California👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons
The World Played Chess Summary
The World Played Chess 89%
A Vietnam vet's journal links a father and son to a war that never ended.
by Robert Dugoni 2021
4.44
40k+ ratings
🎖️ Vietnam War🏖️ 1970s California👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons
Black Butterflies
by Priscilla Morris • 2022
An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.
4.21
14k+
🏚️ Siege Survival🎨 Wartime Art👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist
Black Butterflies Summary
Black Butterflies 89%
An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.
by Priscilla Morris 2022
4.21
14k+ ratings
🏚️ Siege Survival🎨 Wartime Art👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist
Soldier Boys
by Dean Hughes • 2001
Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.
4.06
3k+
🥾 Hitler Youth🔄 Dual Perspective🥀 Loss Of Innocence
Soldier Boys Summary
Soldier Boys 89%
Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.
by Dean Hughes 2001
4.06
3k+ ratings
🥾 Hitler Youth🔄 Dual Perspective🥀 Loss Of Innocence
An Emotion of Great Delight
by Tahereh Mafi • 2021
Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.
3.66
12k+
🕌 Muslim American Life🏙️ Post-9/11 America💔 Forbidden Romance
An Emotion of Great Delight Summary
An Emotion of Great Delight 89%
Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.
by Tahereh Mafi 2021
3.66
12k+ ratings
🕌 Muslim American Life🏙️ Post-9/11 America💔 Forbidden Romance
When the World Was Ours
by Liz Kessler • 2021
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
4.51
7k+
😢 Holocaust Fiction💔 War-Torn Friendship🧠 Indoctrination
When the World Was Ours Summary
When the World Was Ours 89%
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
by Liz Kessler 2021
4.51
7k+ ratings
😢 Holocaust Fiction💔 War-Torn Friendship🧠 Indoctrination
When the Fireflies Dance
by Aisha Hassan • 2025
Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.
4.19
4k+
🏚️ Generational Poverty🏭 Gritty Social Realism🤝 Found Family
When the Fireflies Dance Summary
When the Fireflies Dance 89%
Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.
by Aisha Hassan 2025
4.19
4k+ ratings
🏚️ Generational Poverty🏭 Gritty Social Realism🤝 Found Family
Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool • 2010
Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.
4.04
36k+
🏘️ Small Town Secrets📖 Story Within A Story👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Moon Over Manifest Summary
Moon Over Manifest 89%
Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.
by Clare Vanderpool 2010
4.04
36k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Secrets📖 Story Within A Story👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri • 2019
A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.
4.16
181k+
🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor🛶 Refugee Narrative⚔️ Syrian Civil War
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo 89%
A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.
by Christy Lefteri 2019
4.16
181k+ ratings
🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor🛶 Refugee Narrative⚔️ Syrian Civil War
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2008
Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.
4.10
59k+
🗽 American Revolution🔗 Enslaved Narrator👭 Sister Protection
Chains Summary
Chains 89%
Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2008
4.10
59k+ ratings
🗽 American Revolution🔗 Enslaved Narrator👭 Sister Protection
Strangers in Time
by David Baldacci • 2025
An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.
4.13
59k+
🫂 Found Family💣 The Blitz🧒 War Orphans
Strangers in Time Summary
Strangers in Time 89%
An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.
by David Baldacci 2025
4.13
59k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family💣 The Blitz🧒 War Orphans
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry • 1989
When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.
4.20
626k+
🕯️ Holocaust Resistance🎭 Hidden Identity👭 Wartime Friendship
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars 89%
When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.
by Lois Lowry 1989
4.20
626k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Resistance🎭 Hidden Identity👭 Wartime Friendship
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith • 2007
Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.
4.09
7k+
🐅 Jungle Adventure🌊 Pacific Theater🐘 Working Elephants
Elephant Run Summary
Elephant Run 89%
Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.
by Roland Smith 2007
4.09
7k+ ratings
🐅 Jungle Adventure🌊 Pacific Theater🐘 Working Elephants
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
by John Boyne • 2015
A Paris orphan moves into Hitler's mountain retreat and becomes the Führer's young protégé.
4.05
27k+
🩸 Nazi Indoctrination🌍 Wartime Coming Of Age🧒 Orphaned Protagonist
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain 89%
A Paris orphan moves into Hitler's mountain retreat and becomes the Führer's young protégé.
by John Boyne 2015
4.05
27k+ ratings
🩸 Nazi Indoctrination🌍 Wartime Coming Of Age🧒 Orphaned Protagonist
Dear Mr. Kilmer
by Anne E. Schraff • 1999
An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.
3.96
272
🏠 WWI Home Front✉️ Letter Correspondence💚 Gentle Masculinity
Dear Mr. Kilmer Summary
Dear Mr. Kilmer 89%
An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.
by Anne E. Schraff 1999
3.96
272 ratings
🏠 WWI Home Front✉️ Letter Correspondence💚 Gentle Masculinity
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter • 2017
Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.
4.42
201k+
🌳 Epic Family Saga💔 Wartime Separation📖 Based On A True Story
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones 89%
Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.
by Georgia Hunter 2017
4.42
201k+ ratings
🌳 Epic Family Saga💔 Wartime Separation📖 Based On A True Story
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