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12 books with a reading profile close to Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 Catherine, Called Birdy

    Catherine, Called Birdy

    by Karen Cushman

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

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

  2. 2 The Midwife's Apprentice

    The Midwife's Apprentice

    by Karen Cushman

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl known only as Brat survives by sleeping in dung heaps for warmth.

  3. 3 Orphan Train

    Orphan Train

    by Christina Baker Kline

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    In 1929, an Irish immigrant named Niamh is sent from New York City to the Midwest on an orphan train, a program meant to relocate displaced children to rural homes.

  4. 4 A Single Shard

    A Single Shard

    by Linda Sue Park

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    In twelfth-century Korea, an orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, scavenging for food alongside his disabled protector, Crane-man.

  5. 5 The Book of Lost Names

    The Book of Lost Names

    by Kristin Harmel

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    In 1942, Eva Traube flees Paris for a mountain town near the Swiss border after the authorities arrest her father.

  6. 6 The Things We Cannot Say

    The Things We Cannot Say

    by Kelly Rimmer

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    The story follows Alice Walsh, a mother managing her son’s autism, as she travels to Poland to uncover her dying grandmother Hanna's past.

  7. 7 The Personal Librarian

    The Personal Librarian

    by Marie Benedict

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    In the early twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene serves as the personal librarian to financier J.P.

  8. 8 Bud, Not Buddy

    Bud, Not Buddy

    by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

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

  9. 9 Number the Stars

    Number the Stars

    by Lois Lowry

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

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

  10. 10 The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    by Jim DeFede

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    When U.S.

  11. 11 Looking for Jane

    Looking for Jane

    by Heather Marshall

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    Set against the backdrop of Toronto from the 1970s to the 2010s, this novel follows three women linked by a clandestine network providing illegal abortions.

  12. 12 Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    by Mark T. Sullivan

    Also clear-cut · history, narrative

    Set in Italy during the final years of World War II, the story follows Pino Lella, a teenager who becomes an underground operative helping Jews escape across the Alps.

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