Books like Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki

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.

In World War II, four refugees—descendants of a Royalist, a German Jesuit, a Jewish family, and a Polish munitions factory worker—board the doomed MV Wilhelm Gustloff in a desperate bid for survival.

In 12th‑century Korea, orphan Tree‑ear rises from a bridge in a potters’ village to follow his dream of making celadon by apprenticing with master potter Min, facing hardship and learning the art of pottery.

Twin siblings Ohkwa'ri and his sister navigate the challenges of Mohawk village life in the late 1400s, learning to respect older boys and finding peace amid conflict.

A young boy time‑travels to 1941 to try to stop the Pearl Harbor attack and meets baseball legend Ted Williams, blending history, sports and a child’s adventure.

Piper Davis chronicles the impact of Pearl Harbor and WWII on her life as a Japanese-American girl, detailing her family's shift from peace to incarceration at Minidoka.

"In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's introduction into white organized baseball, both on and off the field, Tygiel also tells the often neglected stories of other African-American players--such as Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron--who helped transform our national pastime into an integrated game. Drawing on dozens of interviews with players and front office executives, contemporary newspaper accounts, and personal papers, Tygiel provides the most telling and insightful account of Jackie Robinson's influence on American baseball and society. The anniversary issue features a new foreword by the author."--

Joe Stoscack uses his time‑traveling baseball cards to visit Jackie Robinson and learns what it truly means to break the color barrier and to overcome prejudice.

In an Arkansas town hosting German POWs during World War II, 12‑year‑old Patty Bergen befriends the escaped prisoner Anton, learning that humanity can transcend prejudice and fear.

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.

When WWII forces Manami's family from their New York home to Manzanar, an unforgiving internment camp, the novel follows their struggle to maintain identity and hope amid harsh conditions.

A young woman's journey of self-discovery and escape from the harsh realities of war-torn America in the 1940s, focusing on the themes of prejudice and the challenges faced by Japanese Americans during the World War II relocation program.

During World War II a young Japanese‑American girl is sent to an internment camp, and she learns that a friendship can outlast even the loss of a treasured bracelet.

Ten‑year‑old Yuki, forced into an internment camp, joins the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese‑American unit fighting in World War II.