Books like Heroes by Alan Gratz

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

Mexican farm workers must adjust to life in California during the Great Depression.

Three teenagers from different eras and continents embark on perilous journeys to escape war, persecution, and tyranny, each facing drowning, bombings and betrayal, yet their stories converge, showing that hope endures across time and borders.

A nine‑year‑old girl named Ada escapes her abusive home amid World War II, joining her brother in London’s evacuation; she learns to ride a pony, reads, and finds a new family with Susan Smith while watching for German spies.

Sixteen-year-old Maya, a teenage girl living on Vancouver Island, suspects there may be a connection between her birthmark, family life, and strange events occurring in her community.

A teenage time traveler must solve puzzles and navigate dangerous space colonies in an epic adventure story set in the distant past for young adults who love science fiction and fantasy, including young adult, young adult fantasy, and space colonies.

Amelia embarks on a journey to find her Aunt Tanner, her former cheerleader teammates, and the boy she once thought of as a friend, all while dodging ex-boyfriend's tell-all book and navigating the complex dynamics of their family's past and present. A lighthearted and humorous adventure story for young readers, perfect for fans of 'The Fault in Our Stars' and 'Wonder'.

A heartwarming sibling adventure that blends survival lessons, self‑esteem growth, and the wonder of marine animals, this New York Times bestseller delights middle‑grade readers with its engaging, family‑friendly narrative.

A delightful anthology for young readers featuring poems, traditional tales, and both fictional and nonfictional narratives that celebrate a wide variety of heroes.

A love letter to black and brown children, celebrating their worth and promising they will always matter, from an acclaimed author and artist duo

After the apocalypse the world is neatly divided. Rational civilization rests with the Professors in their steel and concrete villages; marauding tribes of Barbarians roam the surrounding jungles; mutilated Out People inhabit the burnt scars of cities. But Marianne, a Professor's daughter, is carried away into the jungle--a grotesque vegetable paradise--where she will become the captive bride of Jewel, the proud and beautiful Barbarian. There she will witness the savage rituals of the snake worshippers, indulge her voluptuous, virginal fantasies, taste the forbidden fruit of chaos... Erotic, exotic, and bizarre, HEROES AND VILLAINS is a post-apocalyptic romance, a gripping adventure story, a colourful embroidery of religion and magic and, not least, a dispassionate vision of life beyond our brave nuclear world.

A young Sudanese girl flees her village to a refugee camp, where she finds hope, friendship, and the chance to learn through a single red pencil and a wise elder’s guidance.

Sutton Mercer watches as her twin Emma, who impersonated her to solve a murder, turns into a serial killer again. Emma’s new partner, Thayer Vega, has a dark past and is back in town to find a new victim. The townspeople are suspicious of all the murders, and Emma must use her knowledge of them to solve the latest mystery before it’s too late.

A mystery involving twin sisters who become suspects in a murder case, set in New York City and aimed at young adult readers.

Fever is a 341‑page science‑fiction novel for youth by Lauren DeStefano that has been a New York Times bestseller. It addresses genetic engineering, genetic disorders, orphanhood and misogyny.

A celebrated New York Times bestseller picture book that follows a blue truck celebrating Valentine's Day with friends—trucks and domestic animals—delivered in bright, engaging illustrations.

A rhyming text about babies sharing ten little fingers and ten little toes across different places and circumstances.

The Christmas Owl is a children's picture book by Gideon Sterer that was a New York Times bestseller in the picture‑book category on November 21, 2021.

An illustrated children's picture book by Oliver Jeffers, 'There's a Ghost in This House' is a gentle ghost story that became a New York Times bestseller for young readers.

Love and Olives is a New York Times bestseller children's fiction by Jenna Evans Welch that draws on Greek culture, explores dating customs, father‑daughter bonds, and the myth of Atlantis.