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Books like Just Listen

12 books with a reading profile close to Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

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.
2

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius obsessed with clinical diagnostics, nature, and the number seven.
3

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
4

A List of Cages

by Robin Roe

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

High school senior Adam Blake is surprised to find that his new assigned shadow for the school day is Julian, his former foster brother whom he hasn't seen in years.
5

Radio Silence

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Frances Janvier is a high-achieving student whose identity revolves around securing a place at Cambridge University.
6

Dreamland

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

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.
7

Every Last Word

by Tamara Ireland Stone

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Samantha McAllister appears popular and composed, but she lives with Purely-Obsessional OCD, a condition defined by intrusive thoughts and hidden mental rituals.
8

Felix Ever After

by Kacen Callender

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.
9

Saving Francesca

by Melina Marchetta

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

Francesca Cassarini begins her sophomore year at St.
10

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata

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

Katie Takeshima is a Japanese-American girl who grows up in Georgia in the 1950s, and her older sister Lynn teaches her the word "kira-kira," meaning glittering, as a way of seeing the world.
11

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Scott has lived with leukemia for four years and has decided to stop her medical treatments.
12

The Last Time We Say Goodbye

by Cynthia Hand

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

High school senior Lexie Tyson faces the aftermath of her younger brother Tyler’s suicide.

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