Books like Inside Out & Back Again
12 books with a reading profile close to Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Also inward-looking and 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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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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3
Ghost Boys
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Jerome is a twelve-year-old boy killed by a police officer who thinks his toy gun is real.
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4
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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5
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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6
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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7
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
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8
Liar & Spy
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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.
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9
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Also inward-looking · 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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10
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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11
The Hate U Give
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a split existence between her impoverished neighborhood, Garden Heights, and her wealthy suburban prep school.
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12
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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