Books like Pictures of Hollis Woods
12 books with a reading profile close to Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Saving Francesca
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Francesca Cassarini begins her sophomore year at St.
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Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old Catherine struggles to balance her own identity with the demands of her family life in Maine.
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The Authenticity Project
by Clare Pooley
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
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.
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The Reading List
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
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.
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Far from the Tree
by Robin Benway
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Grace, an only child who recently placed her own baby for adoption, discovers she is a middle child.
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Kira-Kira
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Katie Takeshima is a Japanese-American girl who grows up in Georgia in the 1950s, and her older sister Lynn teaches her the word "kira-kira," meaning glittering, as a way of seeing the world.
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The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Melody Browne is a woman who has no memory of her life before the age of seven, when her house burned down.
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
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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The Crossover
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Josh and Jordan Bell are twin brothers and middle school basketball stars known for their dominance on the court.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 1980s Alabama, Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged housewife trapped in a cycle of emotional stagnation and binge-eating.
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11
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
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.
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