Books like Blubber
12 books with a reading profile close to Blubber by Judy Blume. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
The Crossover
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Josh and Jordan Bell are twin brothers and middle school basketball stars known for their dominance on the court.
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2
The School of Essential Ingredients
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Lillian teaches a weekly cooking class at her restaurant, where eight students gather to learn the mechanics of food preparation.
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3
The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Melody Browne is a woman who has no memory of her life before the age of seven, when her house burned down.
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4
The Book Club for Troublesome Women
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 2025, Marie Bostwick examines the intersection of civic engagement and female friendship in her study of grassroots political organizing.
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5
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Hollis Woods is a twelve-year-old girl who has been moved from one foster home to another and has run away from many.
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6
Wishtree
Also clear-cut · 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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7
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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8
The Reading List
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Set in Wembley, London, the story follows Mukesh, a lonely widower struggling to connect with his bookworm granddaughter, and Aleisha, a distressed teenager working a summer job at the local library.
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9
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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10
Crenshaw
Also clear-cut · 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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11
Wonderstruck
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ben and Rose live fifty years apart, but their lives intersect through a shared experience of deafness and a search for belonging.
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12
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Evan Hansen is a high school senior with severe social anxiety, whose therapist suggests he write himself letters of encouragement.
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