Books like Evening Class
12 books with a reading profile close to Evening Class by Maeve Binchy. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
The Wednesday Wars
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
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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2
The Reading List
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
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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The Crossover
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Josh and Jordan Bell are twin brothers and middle school basketball stars known for their dominance on the court.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1980s Alabama, Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged housewife trapped in a cycle of emotional stagnation and binge-eating.
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The Music of Bees
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the high desert of Hood River, Oregon, forty-four-year-old widow Alice Holtzman fills her solitary life with the meticulous labor of beekeeping.
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The View from Saturday
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1996, the Academic Bowl competition in New York’s Epiphany school district brings together four sixth-grade students: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian.
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The School of Essential Ingredients
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Lillian teaches a weekly cooking class at her restaurant, where eight students gather to learn the mechanics of food preparation.
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8
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
narrative, accessible
Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
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9
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Kimberly Chang is eleven when she and her mother leave Hong Kong for Brooklyn, with little English and a debt to her aunt Paula, who owns a clothing factory.
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Saving Francesca
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Francesca Cassarini begins her sophomore year at St.
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The House of Eve
narrative, accessible
In 1948 Philadelphia, high school student Ruby Pearsall strives to become the first in her family to attend college until a forbidden relationship with a local boy threatens her scholarship prospects.
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12
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
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