Books like Some Girls Are
12 books with a reading profile close to Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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1
Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Jade is a Black teenager from a poor Portland neighborhood who commutes to a mostly white private high school on scholarship.
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2
Willow
by Julia Hoban
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Willow is a sixteen-year-old whose parents have died in a car accident for which she blames herself, and who now lives with her older brother Mark in a new town.
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3
Bleachers
by John Grisham
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.
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4
This Song Will Save Your Life
by Leila Sales
Also inward-looking · 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.
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5
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
by Sonora Reyes
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.
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6
Roller Girl
narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Astrid Vasquez signs up for a junior roller derby summer camp, a decision that creates a rift with her best friend, Nicole, who prefers ballet.
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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
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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8
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
narrative, accessible
Sarah Agnes Prine chronicles twenty years of her life in the Arizona Territory through handwritten diary entries.
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9
A Fall of Marigolds
narrative, accessible
In 1911, Taryn Michaels witnesses the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in Manhattan, an event that claims the life of the man she loves.
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The Runaway Bunny
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
A small rabbit tells his mother that he plans to run away, sparking a theoretical game of chase.
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11
The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In this compilation of two classic children’s stories, Margaret Wise Brown focuses on the physical and emotional security of home.
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12
Hang the Moon
narrative, accessible
Set in Prohibition-era Virginia, the story follows Sallie Kincaid, the daughter of a wealthy local patriarch known as the Duke.
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