Books like Counting by 7s
12 books with a reading profile close to Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Annabel Greene lives a life that appears perfect on the surface, defined by her successful modeling career and her family’s polished reputation.
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2
How to Make Friends with the Dark
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
After her mother dies suddenly from an undiagnosed brain aneurysm, sixteen-year-old Tiger Tolliver is thrust into the disorganized machinery of the foster care system.
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3
Eliza and Her Monsters
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
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Kira-Kira
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Katie Takeshima is a Japanese-American girl who grows up in Georgia in the 1950s, and her older sister Lynn teaches her the word "kira-kira," meaning glittering, as a way of seeing the world.
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5
Felix Ever After
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Felix Love is a Black, queer, transgender teenager attending a summer arts program in New York City while navigating the complicates of identity and self-worth.
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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The narrative centers on five Tokyo residents at different life crossroads, including a restless retail clerk and a retired salaryman.
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Ona Vitkus is a 104-year-old woman who agrees to let eleven-year-old Quentin, a Boy Scout looking for a service project, visit her on Saturdays to help with chores and chat.
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8
Orbiting Jupiter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Joseph is sent to live with a foster family after his parents are unable to care for him due to his mother's mental illness.
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9
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Catherine struggles to balance her own identity with the demands of her family life in Maine.
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10
Two Boys Kissing
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Harry and Craig, two former boyfriends, attempt to set a new world record for the longest continuous kiss.
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Secret Daughter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In a village in India, a young mother named Kavita gives birth to a girl and, knowing that her husband will not accept a daughter, secretly gives the baby away to an orphanage in Mumbai.
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12
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Anthony Peardew is an elderly writer who has spent decades collecting lost objects, such as a glove, a key and a child's toy, which he keeps at home with notes about where he found them.
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