Books like Sing Down the Moon
12 books with a reading profile close to Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
When U.S.
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The Sign of the Beaver
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Matt Hallowell remains alone in a newly built cabin in the Maine wilderness while his father returns to Massachusetts to retrieve the rest of his family.
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A Single Shard
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.
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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.
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Ballet Shoes
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in 1930s London, the story follows three adopted sisters—Pauline, Petrova, and Posy Fossil—who are left to fend for themselves when their guardian, Great Uncle Matthew, disappears on an extended expedition.
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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
The story follows the life of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty, narrated from his own perspective.
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The Midwife's Apprentice
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl known only as Brat survives by sleeping in dung heaps for warmth.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story centers on the Watsons, a Black family living in Flint, Michigan.
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The Blind Side
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Michael Lewis details the evolution of the left tackle position in American football, triggered by the rising impact of speed-rushing linebackers like Lawrence Taylor.
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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.
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The Innocent Man
by John Grisham
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Ron Williamson was a former minor league baseball player who spiraled into mental illness and addiction before being arrested for the 1982 murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada, Oklahoma.
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1687, sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler leaves her wealthy, sun-drenched home in Barbados to live with Puritan relatives in the Connecticut Colony.
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