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12 books with a reading profile close to Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga. Inward-looking, clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Liar & Spy

by Rebecca Stead

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building after his father loses his job and his mother begins working double shifts at the hospital.
2

Melissa

by Alex Gino

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

Fourth-grader Melissa knows she is a girl, even though everyone else sees her as a boy named George.
3

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate

Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Red, a northern red oak, serves as the neighborhood wishtree where residents tie scraps of fabric containing their hopes.
4

A Mango-Shaped Space

by Wendy Mass

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

Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
5

Crenshaw

by Katherine Applegate

Also clear-cut and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Jackson is a young boy who values facts and logic, but his family faces the constant threat of homelessness.
6

One for the Murphys

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

Carley Connors is placed with the Murphys, a foster family in Massachusetts, after her mother's boyfriend injures her.
7

The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg

Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

In 1996, the Academic Bowl competition in New York’s Epiphany school district brings together four sixth-grade students: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian.
8

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Set in 1967 Long Island, Holling Hoodhood is the only seventh grader at Camillo Junior High who does not attend weekly religious education.
9

Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok

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

Kimberly Chang is eleven when she and her mother leave Hong Kong for Brooklyn, with little English and a debt to her aunt Paula, who owns a clothing factory.
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

Inside Out & Back Again

by Thanhhà Lại

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

Ten-year-old Hà lives in Saigon during the Vietnam War, where she stays close to her mother and three brothers while mourning a father missing in action.
12

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Twelve-year-old Rob Horton lives in a Florida motel with his father, mourning his mother’s death while repressing his grief through a skin rash on his legs.

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