26 best-selling fiction books like Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar

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Ahimsa

By: Supriya Kelkar

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-ye…

"Sometimes it's hard to see everything going on in the garden when your nest is perched at the top of the tree."

-Supriya Kelkar, Ahimsa

If you liked the fiction plot in Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Escape from Aleppo

By: N.H. Senzai

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil w… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. A Time to Dance

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new… read more

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  • cultural
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
"I can dance beauty into my body"

-Padma Venkatraman, A Time to Dance

"You don't have to climb ladders to reach God. He dances within all He creates."

-Padma Venkatraman, A Time to Dance

"Will you go out with me for a cup of coffee?" "No." "No?" "I prefer tea, thank you."

-Padma Venkatraman, A Time to Dance

"Because friendship is about laughing when the other person is joking to make you feel better. Even if you don’t find her joke all that funny."

-Padma Venkatraman, A Time to Dance

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3. Amal Unbound

By: Aisha Saeed

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of a girl’s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indent… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"The thing is- those books made my days bearable."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"If everyone decided nothing would change, nothing ever would."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it's the right thing to do - that's bravery."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

Cover of Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai

4. Shooting Kabul

By: N.H. Senzai

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 2001, twelve year old Fadi's parents make the difficult decision to illegally leav… read more

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  • cultural
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Beyond the Bright Sea

By: Lauren Wolk

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollowcomes a moving story of identity and belongi… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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7. The Dreamer

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan , Peter Sís

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Neftali finds beauty and wonder everywhere: in the oily colors of mud puddles; a lost glove, sailin… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Netfali's breath caught in his throat at the sight of the infinite colors and the gentle curve of the faraway horizon. He had never imagined the height of the white spray breaking against the rocks, …"

-Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Dreamer

8. Inside Out & Back Again

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more

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9. When My Name Was Keoko

By: Linda Sue Park

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Sun-hee and her older brother Tae-yul are proud of their Korean heritage. Yet they live their lives… read more

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10. 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

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • 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

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11. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

Cover of Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar

14. Ahimsa

By: Supriya Kelkar

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-ye… read more

Similar categories in Supriya Kelkar's Ahimsa book and Supriya Kelkar's Ahimsa

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Sometimes it's hard to see everything going on in the garden when your nest is perched at the top of the tree."

-Supriya Kelkar, Ahimsa

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15. A Wish in the Dark

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Newbery Medal Honor Title (2021) A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. All light i… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"You can't run away from darkness. It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light."

-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

"The world wasn't what I wanted it to be," Pong went on. "Not Chattana. Not even Tanaburi. I thought if I ran far enough, I could find that perfect place where life is fair and everything is good. But…"

-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

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16. Cursed (Fairy Tale Reform School, #6)

By: Jen Calonita

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The evil Rumplestiltskin is planning to cast a curse that will erase Enchantasia as the world knows… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. The Bridge Home

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."

-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home

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18. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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19. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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20. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
Cover of Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild

21. Love, Violet

By: Charlotte Sullivan Wild

4.28

Format: None pages, None

Perfect for Valentine's Day, a touching picture book about friendship and the courage it takes to s… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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22. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
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23. The Parker Inheritance

By: Varian Johnson

4.18

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Brandon said. “I guess I like boy books."

-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance

"It’s just … I don’t think there’s such a thing as boy books or girl books. I think there are people books."

-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance

"His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open a little. "You like puzzle books and you haven't read The Westing Game ?!' he yelled."

-Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance

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24. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Wished (Fairy Tale Reform School, #5) by Jen Calonita

26. Wished (Fairy Tale Reform School, #5)

By: Jen Calonita

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The mixed-up fairy tale fun continues in book five of the Fairy Tale Reform School series by award-… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir) by Akim Aliu

27. Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)

By: Akim Aliu

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

This honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Al… read more

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  • middle grade
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28. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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29. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth) by Linda  Coombs

30. Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth)

By: Linda Coombs

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Until now, you've only heard one side of the the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columb… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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31. Where Wolves Don't Die

By: Anton Treuer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult

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Transform Your Habits

Escape from Aleppo

N.H. Senzai

3.97

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Amal Unbound

Aisha Saeed

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Night Diary

Veera Hiranandani

4.22

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Shari Green

3.98

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Jean Craighead George

3.80

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Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.14

The Only Road

None

4.20

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