Books like The Hundred Dresses
12 books with a reading profile close to The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. Inward-looking, contemplative, clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Eleven-year-old Margaret Simon moves from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs, where she joins a secret club with three other girls to discuss boys, bras, and the onset of puberty.
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The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town, where being a Greaser means constant conflict with the wealthy Socs.
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Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
After Fern Arable saves a runt pig named Wilbur from her father’s axe, the animal is moved to a nearby farm where he faces an eventual winter slaughter.
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The Body
by Stephen King
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Four twelve-year-old boys in a small Maine town in 1960, Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern, set off along the railroad tracks to find the body of a missing boy, Ray Brower, who was hit by a train.
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5
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Karana, a young Nicoleño girl, lives on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California during the early nineteenth century.
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The Pearl
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Kino, a poor diver in a coastal Mexican village, discovers a massive pearl that he believes will secure his family’s future and provide medical treatment for his son, Coyotito.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
narrative, accessible
Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
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The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Della and Jim Young are a young married couple in New York who are very poor.
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9
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in the summer of 1952 in Green Town, Illinois, the narrative follows twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding as he awakens to the conscious realization that he is alive.
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10
Other Words for Home
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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 House on Mango Street
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
The House on Mango Street follows Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl navigating a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Chicago.
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Set during the Great Depression in California’s Salinas Valley, the story follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced ranch hands seeking manual labor.
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