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12 books with a reading profile close to Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

    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.

  2. 2 Bleachers

    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.

  3. 3 Madeline

    Madeline

    by Ludwig Bemelmans

    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.

  4. 4 Moxie

    Moxie

    by Jennifer Mathieu

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    In a small Texas town, sixteen-year-old Vivian Carter grows tired of her high school’s double standards, ranging from sexist dress code enforcement to the unchecked harassment from the football team.

  5. 5 Are You My Mother?

    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.

  6. 6 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

    These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

    by Nancy E. Turner

    Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    Sarah Agnes Prine chronicles twenty years of her life in the Arizona Territory through handwritten diary entries.

  7. 7 This Song Will Save Your Life

    This Song Will Save Your Life

    by Leila Sales

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    Sixteen-year-old Elise Dembowski exists on the social periphery of her high school, failing at every attempt to manufacture a likable persona.

  8. 8 Where the Wild Things Are CD

    Where the Wild Things Are CD

    by Maurice Sendak

    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.

  9. 9 Stellaluna

    Stellaluna

    by Janell Cannon

    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.

  10. 10 Kensuke's Kingdom

    Kensuke's Kingdom

    by Michael Morpurgo

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    Michael is a boy who sails around the world with his parents and his dog, Stella Artois, on a yacht, but he falls overboard one night during a storm and is washed up on a remote island in the Pacific.

  11. 11 The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon

    The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon

    by Margaret Wise Brown

    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.

  12. 12 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

    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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