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12 books with a reading profile close to Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

The Black Flamingo

by Dean Atta

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Michael, a mixed-race teenager of Jamaican and Greek-Cypriot heritage, grows up in London feeling he is never enough of any single identity.
2

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

When Laurel’s English teacher assigns a letter to a deceased person, the high school freshman begins a secret journal addressed to figures like Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Winehouse.
3

Suicide Notes

by Michael Thomas Ford

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Jeff Weeks is a fifteen-year-old who wakes up in a psychiatric ward after attempting suicide.
4

Jacob Have I Loved

by Katherine Paterson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Set on the isolated island of Rass in the Chesapeake Bay during the 1940s, the story follows Louise Bradshaw’s struggle to find an identity separate from her twin sister, Caroline.
5

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

After her best friend Franny drowns, twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson stops talking.
6

Mockingbird

by Kathryn Erskine

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Ten-year-old Caitlin Ann Smith lives with Asperger’s syndrome in a world of black-and-white rules and literal interpretations.
7

Ghost Boys

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Jerome is a twelve-year-old boy killed by a police officer who thinks his toy gun is real.
8

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Twelve-year-old Rob Horton lives in a Florida motel with his father, mourning his mother’s death while repressing his grief through a skin rash on his legs.
9

Maame

by Jessica George

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Twenty-five-year-old Maddie Wright spends her days navigating a high-pressure London office and her nights as the sole caregiver for her father, who struggles with late-stage Parkinson’s disease.
10

Inside Out & Back Again

by Thanhhà Lại

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Ten-year-old Hà lives in Saigon during the Vietnam War, where she stays close to her mother and three brothers while mourning a father missing in action.
11

Melissa

by Alex Gino

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Fourth-grader Melissa knows she is a girl, even though everyone else sees her as a boy named George.
12

Dreamland

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Caitlin O’Koren lives in the shadow of her older sister, Cass, whose sudden disappearance to run away with a boyfriend leaves their family fractured.

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