Books like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
12 books with a reading profile close to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. Thought-provoking; an easy read.
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1
The Hate U Give
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a split existence between her impoverished neighborhood, Garden Heights, and her wealthy suburban prep school.
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Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
The story follows two women whose lives intersect on a Nigerian beach during a violent encounter involving an oil company’s mercenaries.
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3
The Invention of Wings
narrative, accessible
The story follows Sarah Grimké, the daughter of a wealthy Charleston judge, and Hetty "Handful," the enslaved girl gifted to Sarah on her eleventh birthday.
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4
Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler
narrative, accessible
Set against the humid backdrop of Baltimore, seventeen-year-old June navigates seventy-two hours of familial tension and burgeoning romantic attraction.
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The View from Saturday
narrative, accessible
In 1996, the Academic Bowl competition in New York’s Epiphany school district brings together four sixth-grade students: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian.
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The Book of Unknown Americans
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Two families move into the same apartment building in Delaware: the Riveras, who came from Mexico, and the Toros from Panama.
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Ghost Boys
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Jerome is a twelve-year-old boy killed by a police officer who thinks his toy gun is real.
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8
Other Words for Home
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Jude lives in a Syrian town with her family, loves American movies and dreams of acting, until the war comes close.
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The Jane Austen Book Club
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Six Californians meet monthly for six months to read and talk about one Austen novel each.
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10
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Nuri is a beekeeper who tends to hives in the Syrian city of Aleppo alongside his wife, Afra, an artist who loses her sight after a bomb kills their young son.
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Elsewhere
narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall dies in a hit-and-run accident and wakes up on a ship heading to Elsewhere, a land where the dead age backward toward infancy.
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All American Boys
narrative, accessible
Rashad Butler, a Black teenager, is brutally beaten by a white police officer who wrongly suspects him of shoplifting and assault at a corner store.
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