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12 books with a reading profile close to Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. Contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

The Boy on the Wooden Box

by Leon Leyson

Also contemplative and clear-cut · history, inspirational

Leon Leyson narrates his childhood transition from a rural Polish village to the Krakow ghetto following the 1939 Nazi invasion.
2

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

by Caitlin Alifirenka

Also contemplative and clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

Caitlin Alifirenka, a middle-school student in Pennsylvania, chooses Zimbabwe for a pen pal assignment.
3

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

Also clear-cut · history, accessible

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen lives in Copenhagen during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943.
4

C.S. Lewis letters to children

by C.S. Lewis

Also contemplative and clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.
5

The Soul of a Woman

by Isabel Allende

Also clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

In this memoir and manifesto, Isabel Allende traces her evolution from a young girl witnessing her mother’s financial dependence to a prominent voice in global feminism.
6

Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

Also clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

Jeffrey Lionel Magee is an orphaned runaway with legendary athletic abilities who settles in the racially divided town of Two Mills.
7

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson

Also clear-cut · history, accessible

Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is a foster child living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
8

Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

Also contemplative and clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

Alice Rumphius lives a life defined by three goals set in her childhood: to travel to faraway places, to live by the sea in her old age, and to make the world more beautiful.
9

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

inspirational, accessible

Annie is a young woman whose life was changed by an accident at Ruby Pier, the amusement park where Eddie, the hero of Albom's first novel, spent his life.
10

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

by Daniel James Brown

Also clear-cut · history, inspirational

Joe Rantz, a university student abandoned by his family during the Great Depression, joins the University of Washington rowing team to secure a meal plan and a future.
11

Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou

Also contemplative and clear-cut · inspirational, accessible

Maya Angelou addresses this collection of twenty-eight short essays to the symbolic daughter she never had, sharing personal anecdotes from her life in Arkansas, St.
12

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Karen Cushman

Also clear-cut · history, accessible

Set in 1290, this novel follows the daily life of Catherine, a high-born teenager living in Lincolnshire, England.

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