Books like The Mighty Miss Malone
12 books with a reading profile close to The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The View from Saturday
Also clear-cut · 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 Wednesday Wars
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in 1967 Long Island, Holling Hoodhood is the only seventh grader at Camillo Junior High who does not attend weekly religious education.
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Evening Class
by Maeve Binchy
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In late-twentieth-century Dublin, a schoolteacher named Aidan Lynch organizes an evening Italian language course to escape his stagnant career.
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
narrative, accessible
Nikki, a young British-Punjabi woman, accepts a job teaching creative writing to a group of Sikh widows in Southall, London.
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A Long Walk to Water
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
This historical novel follows two intertwining narratives set in Sudan several decades apart.
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Moon Over Manifest
narrative, accessible
In 1936, twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker arrives in Manifest, Kansas, after her father sends her away to live with an old friend for the summer.
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The Music of Bees
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the high desert of Hood River, Oregon, forty-four-year-old widow Alice Holtzman fills her solitary life with the meticulous labor of beekeeping.
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The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
narrative, accessible
Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this novel follows the lifelong friendship between Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls who join a collective of haenyeo female divers.
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The House of Eve
narrative, accessible
In 1948 Philadelphia, high school student Ruby Pearsall strives to become the first in her family to attend college until a forbidden relationship with a local boy threatens her scholarship prospects.
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
narrative, accessible
Micah Mortimer is a fortyish self-employed tech specialist who functions through a rigid schedule and an obsession with household order.
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This Tender Land
narrative, accessible
In 1932, orphans Odie and Albert O’Banion flee the Lincoln School in Minnesota, a state-run institution where Native American children face systemic abuse.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1980s Alabama, Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged housewife trapped in a cycle of emotional stagnation and binge-eating.
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