Books like Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
12 books with a reading profile close to Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Sneetches and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
The star-bellied Sneetches believe they are superior to their plain-bellied neighbors, leading to a rigid social hierarchy on the beach.
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Michael Wolff provides an account of the first nine months of the Trump administration, drawing on extensive access to the West Wing.
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 2009, Edwin Rist, a twenty-year-old flute student and competitive fly-tier, broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring.
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The Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B. White
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Louis is a trumpeter swan born without a voice, a physical defect that prevents him from honking to attract a mate like Serena.
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5
Sooley
by John Grisham
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the civil war-torn landscape of South Sudan, seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleyman receives an invitation to play basketball for a scouting team in the United States.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
by Dr. Seuss
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
High atop Mount Crumpit, the Grinch lives in bitter isolation, harboring a deep resentment for the cheerful Whos of Whoville.
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Frindle
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Nick Allen is a fifth-grade student known for his creative distractions.
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The Story About Ping
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Ping, a young domestic duck, lives on a crowded houseboat on the Yangtze River alongside his extended family.
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
by Arlene Mosel
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In a small village in ancient China, a mother honors her firstborn son by giving him the incredibly long name Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo, while her second son is named simply Chang.
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Kensuke's Kingdom
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Michael is a boy who sails around the world with his parents and his dog, Stella Artois, on a yacht, but he falls overboard one night during a storm and is washed up on a remote island in the Pacific.
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
James Patterson chronicles the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students—Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin—in their off-campus home.
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The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
The story follows an aggressive ladybug who refuses to share a patch of aphids with another insect.
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