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Books like Feathers

12 books with a reading profile close to Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson. Inward-looking, clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

Jude lives in a Syrian town with her family, loves American movies and dreams of acting, until the war comes close.
2

Liar & Spy

by Rebecca Stead

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building after his father loses his job and his mother begins working double shifts at the hospital.
3

A Mango-Shaped Space

by Wendy Mass

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
4

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate

Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Red, a northern red oak, serves as the neighborhood wishtree where residents tie scraps of fabric containing their hopes.
5

Rules

by Cynthia Lord

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

Twelve-year-old Catherine struggles to balance her own identity with the demands of her family life in Maine.
6

Crenshaw

by Katherine Applegate

Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Jackson is a young boy who values facts and logic, but his family faces the constant threat of homelessness.
7

Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

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.
8

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

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.
9

Melissa

by Alex Gino

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

Fourth-grader Melissa knows she is a girl, even though everyone else sees her as a boy named George.
10

The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander

Also clear-cut · narrative, literary

Josh and Jordan Bell are twin brothers and middle school basketball stars known for their dominance on the court.
11

Inside Out & Back Again

by Thanhhà Lại

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary

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.
12

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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