Books like Island of the Blue Dolphins
12 books with a reading profile close to Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Hundred Dresses
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Wanda Petronski, a Polish immigrant girl in a small American town, wears the same faded blue dress to school every day.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
narrative, literary
Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
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The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
narrative, literary
Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town, where being a Greaser means constant conflict with the wealthy Socs.
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4
The Pearl
narrative, literary
Kino, a poor diver in a coastal Mexican village, discovers a massive pearl that he believes will secure his family’s future and provide medical treatment for his son, Coyotito.
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5
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
narrative, literary
Eleven-year-old Margaret Simon moves from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs, where she joins a secret club with three other girls to discuss boys, bras, and the onset of puberty.
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Wishtree
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Red, a northern red oak, serves as the neighborhood wishtree where residents tie scraps of fabric containing their hopes.
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Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
narrative, literary
After Fern Arable saves a runt pig named Wilbur from her father’s axe, the animal is moved to a nearby farm where he faces an eventual winter slaughter.
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The Wednesday Wars
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.
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Ballet Shoes
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in 1930s London, the story follows three adopted sisters—Pauline, Petrova, and Posy Fossil—who are left to fend for themselves when their guardian, Great Uncle Matthew, disappears on an extended expedition.
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10
Crenshaw
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Jackson is a young boy who values facts and logic, but his family faces the constant threat of homelessness.
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The Sign of the Beaver
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Matt Hallowell remains alone in a newly built cabin in the Maine wilderness while his father returns to Massachusetts to retrieve the rest of his family.
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12
The Body
by Stephen King
narrative, literary
Four twelve-year-old boys in a small Maine town in 1960, Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern, set off along the railroad tracks to find the body of a missing boy, Ray Brower, who was hit by a train.
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