Books like Number the Stars
12 books with a reading profile close to Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is a foster child living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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2
The Midwife's Apprentice
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl known only as Brat survives by sleeping in dung heaps for warmth.
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3
A Single Shard
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In twelfth-century Korea, an orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, scavenging for food alongside his disabled protector, Crane-man.
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4
Catherine, Called Birdy
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1290, this novel follows the daily life of Catherine, a high-born teenager living in Lincolnshire, England.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
When U.S.
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6
Sarah's Key
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In July 1942, ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski hides her younger brother in a bedroom cupboard to protect him from the French police during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
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7
The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
history, narrative
Twelve-year-old Hannah Stern is tired of her family’s constant focus on the past during Passover Seders, finding the stories of the Holocaust repetitive.
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8
The Innocent Man
by John Grisham
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Ron Williamson was a former minor league baseball player who spiraled into mental illness and addiction before being arrested for the 1982 murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada, Oklahoma.
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The Personal Librarian
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In the early twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene serves as the personal librarian to financier J.P.
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10
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story centers on the Watsons, a Black family living in Flint, Michigan.
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11
Orphan Train
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1929, an Irish immigrant named Niamh is sent from New York City to the Midwest on an orphan train, a program meant to relocate displaced children to rural homes.
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12
The 57 Bus
history, narrative
In 2013, a high school student named Sasha was asleep on the 57 bus in Oakland, California, when Richard Thomas, another teenager, set Sasha’s skirt on fire.
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