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Books like Kira-Kira

12 books with a reading profile close to Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

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.
2

Far from the Tree

by Robin Benway

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

Grace, an only child who recently placed her own baby for adoption, discovers she is a middle child.
3

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum

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

Yeoju, a woman who abruptly leaves her successful career and marriage after a burnout, opens a small bookstore in a quiet residential neighborhood in Seoul.
4

Saving Francesca

by Melina Marchetta

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

Francesca Cassarini begins her sophomore year at St.
5

The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley

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

Julian Jessop is an elderly artist and widower in London, who is so lonely that he writes the truth about his life in a green notebook and leaves it in his local cafe.
6

The Reading List

by Sara Nisha Adams

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

Set in Wembley, London, the story follows Mukesh, a lonely widower struggling to connect with his bookworm granddaughter, and Aleisha, a distressed teenager working a summer job at the local library.
7

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The narrative centers on five Tokyo residents at different life crossroads, including a restless retail clerk and a retired salaryman.
8

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.
9

Orbiting Jupiter

by Gary D. Schmidt

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.
10

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.
11

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

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

In 1980s Alabama, Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged housewife trapped in a cycle of emotional stagnation and binge-eating.
12

Two Boys Kissing

by David Levithan

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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