Books like The Boy on the Wooden Box
12 books with a reading profile close to The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson. Contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Also contemplative and clear-cut · history, inspirational
Set in post-war Japan, this historical novella follows Sadako Sasaki, a spirited young girl who loves to run.
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2
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Caitlin Alifirenka, a middle-school student in Pennsylvania, chooses Zimbabwe for a pen pal assignment.
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
by Nadia Murad
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
Nadia Murad tells the story of the 2014 genocide against the Yazidi people in Iraq.
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The Soul of a Woman
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
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.
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C.S. Lewis letters to children
by C.S. Lewis
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.
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Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In January 1988, twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius fell ill with an undiagnosed brain infection that left him in a vegetative state.
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Also contemplative and clear-cut · history, memoir
Corrie ten Boom lived in Haarlem, the Netherlands, where she worked as a watchmaker alongside her sister Betsie and father Casper.
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Letter to My Daughter
by Maya Angelou
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
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.
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9
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
by Simu Liu
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.
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My Life on the Road
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Gloria Steinem details her decades spent traveling as an organizer and speaker, tracing her life from a childhood in a house trailer to her work in global social activism.
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11
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Also contemplative · history, memoir
In this memoir, Trevor Noah recounts his upbringing in South Africa under apartheid and the subsequent transition to democracy.
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Joni: An Unforgettable Story
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
After a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay leaves seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, she faces the sudden loss of her physical autonomy.
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