12 best-selling fiction books like I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

Cover of I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

I Wish You Knew

By: Jackie Azúa Kramer

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt story that explores the aftermath of deportation, I Wish You Knew celebrates the power …

If you liked the fiction plot in I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Flowers for Sarajevo by John  McCutcheon, Kristy Caldwell

1. Flowers for Sarajevo

By: John McCutcheon , Kristy Caldwell

3.72

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The moving story of a young boy who discovers the power of beauty and kindness during a time of war… read more

Similar categories in John McCutcheon's Flowers for Sarajevo book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

2. Waiting for the Biblioburro

By: John Parra , Monica Brown

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small… read more

Similar categories in John Parra's Waiting for the Biblioburro book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

3. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

By: Dan Santat

3.95

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently wai… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

4. Bats at the Library

By: Brian Lies

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Houghton Mifflin Company Another inky evening's here-- The air is cool and calm and clear. Can it b… read more

Similar categories in Brian Lies's Bats at the Library book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

Cover of Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

5. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Cover of Good Different by Meg Eden  Kuyatt

7. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

9. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

10. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book) by Oge Mora

11. Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Oge Mora

4.44

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's pe… read more

Similar categories in Oge Mora's Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of If You Find a Leaf: An Inspiring Nature Book for Kids and Toddlers (If You Find a Treasure Series) by Aimée  Sicuro

12. If You Find a Leaf: An Inspiring Nature Book for Kids and Toddlers (If You Find a Treasure Series)

By: Aimée Sicuro

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

An exquisite picture book that celebrates the fall season and encourages children to see the colorf… read more

Similar categories in Aimée Sicuro's If You Find a Leaf: An Inspiring Nature Book for Kids and Toddlers (If You Find a Treasure Series) book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Pony by R.J. Palacio

13. Pony

By: R.J. Palacio

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a myst… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Palacio's Pony book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • fiction
"Even if we can’t see it, the sun never stops shining."

-R.J. Palacio, Pony

Cover of Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd

14. Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

By: Traci N. Todd

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An evocative picture book biography about the prolific life of Jackie Ormes, whose groundbreaking c… read more

Similar categories in Traci N. Todd's Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz

15. Paletero Man

By: Lucky Diaz

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A truly refreshing picture book about determination, kindness, ice pops—and the true meaning of bei… read more

Similar categories in Lucky Diaz's Paletero Man book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel

16. Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

By: Angela Burke Kunkel

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector in Bogota, Colombia who started a … read more

Similar categories in Angela Burke Kunkel's Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Star Festival by Moni Ritchie Hadley

17. The Star Festival

By: Moni Ritchie Hadley

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens sepa… read more

Similar categories in Moni Ritchie Hadley's The Star Festival book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Built to Last by Minh Lê

18. Built to Last

By: Minh Lê

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet two friends who think they're building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Built to Last book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Plátanos  Go with Everything by Lissette Norman

19. Plátanos Go with Everything

By: Lissette Norman

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Paletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to plátanos, the star of Dominican cu… read more

Similar categories in Lissette Norman's Plátanos Go with Everything book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

20. I Wish You Knew

By: Jackie Azúa Kramer

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt story that explores the aftermath of deportation, I Wish You Knew celebrates the power … read more

Similar categories in Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • kids
  • social issues
  • teachers
  • storytime
Cover of Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan

21. Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back

By: Ruth Chan

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of New Kid and A First Time for Everything, a joyful and tearful debut middle grad… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Chan's Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back book and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew

  • family

17 must-read childrens books like I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

Transform Your Habits

Flowers for Sarajevo

John McCutcheon , Kristy Caldwell

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

View all the books

16 must-read fiction books like Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Squished: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.