READ-ALIKES Fiction for South Asian Boys
Ahmed, Samira. Amira and Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds.
Butterworth, Jess. Running on the Roof of the World.
Chanai, Nidhi. Jukebox.
Choshi, Roshani. The Aru Shah and the End of Time.
Clements, Andrew. Extra Credit.
DasGupta, Sayantani. The Serpent’s Secret.
Dinerstein, Eric. What Elephants Know.
Dinerstein, Eric. A Circle of Elephants.
Doshi, Payal. Rea and the Blood of the Nectar.
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner.
Hashimi, Nadia. The Sky at Our Feet.
Hiranandani, Veera. How To Find What You’re Not Looking For.
Hiranandani, Veera. The Night Diary.
Hollingsworth, Alyssa. The Eleventh Trade.
Lewis, Gill. Moon Bear.
Lorenzi, Natalie Dias. A Long Pitch Home.
Marciano, Johnny. Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat.
Pancholi, Maulik. The Best of It.
Perkins, Mitali. Tiger Boy.
Senzai, N.H. Shooting Kabel.
Tanaka, Shelley. The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel.
Venkatraman, Padma. Born Behind Bars.
Venkatraman, Padma. The Bridge Home.
Weeks, Sarah and Gita Varadarajan. Save Me a Seat.
Nonfiction: Soontornvat, Christina. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai boys’ Soccer Team.
Special thanks to Carla, Sheila, Emma, Melissa, Alexandre, and Kathy S. for contributing suggestions!
Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool