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12 books with a reading profile close to Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
2

Dreamland

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

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.
3

Orbiting Jupiter

by Gary D. Schmidt

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

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.
4

Radio Silence

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Frances Janvier is a high-achieving student whose identity revolves around securing a place at Cambridge University.
5

Every Last Word

by Tamara Ireland Stone

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Samantha McAllister appears popular and composed, but she lives with Purely-Obsessional OCD, a condition defined by intrusive thoughts and hidden mental rituals.
6

Still Life with Bread Crumbs

by Anna Quindlen

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
7

Just Listen

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Annabel Greene lives a life that appears perfect on the surface, defined by her successful modeling career and her family’s polished reputation.
8

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

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.
9

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius obsessed with clinical diagnostics, nature, and the number seven.
10

Suicide Notes

by Michael Thomas Ford

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Jeff Weeks is a fifteen-year-old who wakes up in a psychiatric ward after attempting suicide.
11

Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Tori Spring is a teenager navigating a period of deep cynicism and chronic apathy at Higgs Hospital for Girls.
12

Rules

by Cynthia Lord

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

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

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