Books like Louisiana's Way Home
12 books with a reading profile close to Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Bradley Chalkers is the worst kid in fifth grade, a liar and bully who sits alone in the back of the class and has no friends.
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Where the Wild Things Are CD
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
After his mother sends him to bed without supper for behaving like a wild animal, a young boy named Max discovers his bedroom transforming into a vast tropical forest.
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3
The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In this compilation of two classic children’s stories, Margaret Wise Brown focuses on the physical and emotional security of home.
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Roller Girl
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Astrid Vasquez signs up for a junior roller derby summer camp, a decision that creates a rift with her best friend, Nicole, who prefers ballet.
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5
Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
A mother bird leaves her nest to find food, and while she is gone, her egg hatches.
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Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Jade is a Black teenager from a poor Portland neighborhood who commutes to a mostly white private high school on scholarship.
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The Runaway Bunny
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
A small rabbit tells his mother that he plans to run away, sparking a theoretical game of chase.
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Bleachers
by John Grisham
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the small town of Messina, former high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to the high school bleachers to keep vigil as his legendary coach, Eddie Rake, lies dying.
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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
by Sonora Reyes
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Aoife Torres, who goes by Yami, is a Mexican-American teenager who is forced to move to a Catholic school after a scandal involving her old public school.
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10
Madeline
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in a vine-covered boarding school in Paris, the story follows twelve young girls who live under the supervision of Miss Clavel.
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Stellaluna
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
After an owl attacks her mother, a young fruit bat named Stellaluna falls into a bird’s nest.
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Willow
by Julia Hoban
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Willow is a sixteen-year-old whose parents have died in a car accident for which she blames herself, and who now lives with her older brother Mark in a new town.
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