Books like The Devil's Arithmetic
12 books with a reading profile close to The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
The 57 Bus
history, narrative
In 2013, a high school student named Sasha was asleep on the 57 bus in Oakland, California, when Richard Thomas, another teenager, set Sasha’s skirt on fire.
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2
Catherine, Called Birdy
history, narrative
Set in 1290, this novel follows the daily life of Catherine, a high-born teenager living in Lincolnshire, England.
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3
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
history, narrative
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen lives in Copenhagen during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943.
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4
The Personal Librarian
history, narrative
In the early twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene serves as the personal librarian to financier J.P.
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5
The Midwife's Apprentice
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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6
The Innocent Man
by John Grisham
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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7
A Single Shard
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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8
Sarah's Key
history, narrative
In July 1942, ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski hides her younger brother in a bedroom cupboard to protect him from the French police during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
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9
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson
history, narrative
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is a foster child living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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10
The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
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.
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11
The Book of Lost Names
history, narrative
In 1942, Eva Traube flees Paris for a mountain town near the Swiss border after the authorities arrest her father.
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12
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
history, narrative
Three children, in three different decades, are forced to flee their homes.
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