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Books like Anne of the Island

12 books with a reading profile close to Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Music Shop

    The Music Shop

    by Rachel Joyce

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Frank owns a record shop on a shabby street in an English town in the 1980s, in a world that has already moved to CDs.

  2. 2 Keeping the Moon

    Keeping the Moon

    by Sarah Dessen

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Colie Sparks arrives in Colby for the summer to stay with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her fitness-guru mother tours Europe.

  3. 3 Good wives

    Good wives

    by Louisa May Alcott

    romance, narrative

    In this sequel to Little Women, the March sisters transition from childhood into the responsibilities of Victorian adulthood.

  4. 4 Chronicles of Avonlea

    Chronicles of Avonlea

    by Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    This collection of twelve short stories centers on the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island, specifically within the rural communities of Avonlea and Carmody.

  5. 5 The Incredible Journey

    The Incredible Journey

    by Sheila Burnford

    Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    In the wilderness of northwestern Ontario, three domestic pets—a young Labrador Retriever, an aging English Bull Terrier, and a Siamese cat—are left in the care of a family friend while their owners are away.

  6. 6 Everything Leads to You

    Everything Leads to You

    by Nina LaCour

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Emi Price is an eighteen-year-old production designer working as an intern on film sets in Los Angeles.

  7. 7 Flipped

    Flipped

    by Wendelin Van Draanen

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Bryce Loski and Juli Baker have been neighbors since the second grade, when Juli first decided she was in love and Bryce decided he needed to escape her.

  8. 8 The Railway Children

    The Railway Children

    by Edith Nesbit

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    After their father is arrested on false charges of espionage, the three Waterbury siblings—Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis—move from a comfortable London life to a modest cottage near a rural railway line.

  9. 9 Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends

    by Maeve Binchy

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Benny Hogan, a shy, plump girl from a small Irish town, goes to University College Dublin in the 1950s, where she becomes friends with Eve Malone, an orphan raised by nuns, and the glamorous Nan Mahon.

  10. 10 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

    The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

    by Avi

    narrative, accessible

    In 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle boards the Seahawk to travel from England to Rhode Island.

  11. 11 Georgie, All Along

    Georgie, All Along

    by Kate Clayborn

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Georgie Mulcahy returns to her Virginia hometown after her professional life in Los Angeles collapses.

  12. 12 The Beginning of Everything

    The Beginning of Everything

    by Robyn Schneider

    romance, narrative

    Ezra Faulkner believes that everyone encounters a single tragedy that defines their personal history.

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