Books like Out of the Dust
12 books with a reading profile close to Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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Elsewhere
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall dies in a hit-and-run accident and wakes up on a ship heading to Elsewhere, a land where the dead age backward toward infancy.
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The Hate U Give
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a split existence between her impoverished neighborhood, Garden Heights, and her wealthy suburban prep school.
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Three thieves hiding in an abandoned general store discover they can communicate with the past through letters left in the store's old mailbox.
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Two Boys Kissing
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Harry and Craig, two former boyfriends, attempt to set a new world record for the longest continuous kiss.
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The Weird Sisters
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The three Andreas sisters, daughters of a Shakespeare professor who speaks mostly in quotations, come home to their small Ohio college town because their mother has breast cancer.
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The Boston Girl
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The novel follows Addie Baum, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, as she recounts her life story to her granddaughter in 1985.
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Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
Also inward-looking · 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.
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Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years of experience, begins her shift at a Connecticut hospital only to be reassigned because a patient’s parents are white supremacists who demand that no African…
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Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Set against the humid backdrop of Baltimore, seventeen-year-old June navigates seventy-two hours of familial tension and burgeoning romantic attraction.
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also inward-looking · 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.
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Ghost Boys
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Jerome is a twelve-year-old boy killed by a police officer who thinks his toy gun is real.
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Orbiting Jupiter
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.
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