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Books like Fish in a Tree

12 books with a reading profile close to Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

The Running Dream

by Wendelin Van Draanen

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

Jessica Carlisle, a track star who loses her leg below the knee following a bus accident, faces the abrupt end of her identity as an athlete.
2

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Cole Matthews, fifteen, is a violent young offender who has been sentenced to a Native-inspired form of justice called Circle Justice.
3

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Annie is a young woman whose life was changed by an accident at Ruby Pier, the amusement park where Eddie, the hero of Albom's first novel, spent his life.
4

Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Jeffrey Lionel Magee is an orphaned runaway with legendary athletic abilities who settles in the racially divided town of Two Mills.
5

Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Esperanza Ortega lives a life of luxury on her family’s ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico, until her father’s sudden death and the destruction of her home by her uncles forces a sudden escape.
6

The Last Sin Eater

by Francine Rivers

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Set in the 1850s Appalachian Mountains, the narrative follows Cadi Forbes, a young girl burdened by the guilt of her sister’s death.
7

Corduroy

by Don Freeman

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Corduroy is a small bear in green overalls who lives on a shelf in a crowded department store.
8

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

On Christmas Eve, a young boy waits in bed for the sound of reindeer bells, only to find a steam engine idling in front of his house.
9

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

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

This story follows the life of a mother and her son through the various stages of his development.
10

An Invisible Thread

by Laura Schroff

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

In 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy advertising executive in Manhattan, encountered Maurice Mazyck, an eleven-year-old panhandler, on a street corner.
11

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

by Michelle Knight

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

Michelle Knight narrates her eleven-year captivity in the house of Ariel Castro, where she was the first of three women abducted.
12

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

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

Charles "Chick" Benetto is a former professional baseball player whose life has fallen apart.

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