Books like A Long Walk to Water
12 books with a reading profile close to A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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The View from Saturday
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 1996, the Academic Bowl competition in New York’s Epiphany school district brings together four sixth-grade students: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian.
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The Wednesday Wars
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Set in 1967 Long Island, Holling Hoodhood is the only seventh grader at Camillo Junior High who does not attend weekly religious education.
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Crenshaw
Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jackson is a young boy who values facts and logic, but his family faces the constant threat of homelessness.
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Moon Over Manifest
narrative, literary
In 1936, twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker arrives in Manifest, Kansas, after her father sends her away to live with an old friend for the summer.
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5
Wishtree
Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Red, a northern red oak, serves as the neighborhood wishtree where residents tie scraps of fabric containing their hopes.
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Evening Class
by Maeve Binchy
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In late-twentieth-century Dublin, a schoolteacher named Aidan Lynch organizes an evening Italian language course to escape his stagnant career.
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
narrative, literary
Nikki, a young British-Punjabi woman, accepts a job teaching creative writing to a group of Sikh widows in Southall, London.
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Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
narrative, literary
Tom Hanks's debut book of fiction contains seventeen stories, each in some way featuring a typewriter, whether as the object at the centre or just in passing.
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All American Boys
narrative, literary
Rashad Butler, a Black teenager, is brutally beaten by a white police officer who wrongly suspects him of shoplifting and assault at a corner store.
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The Hate U Give
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a split existence between her impoverished neighborhood, Garden Heights, and her wealthy suburban prep school.
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Other Words for Home
Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jude lives in a Syrian town with her family, loves American movies and dreams of acting, until the war comes close.
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