Books like The Outsiders
12 books with a reading profile close to The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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1
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
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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2
The Body
by Stephen King
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
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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3
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
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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4
The Hundred Dresses
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Wanda Petronski, a Polish immigrant girl in a small American town, wears the same faded blue dress to school every day.
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5
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
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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6
The Phantom Tollbooth
narrative, literary
Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
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7
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
narrative, literary
Karana, a young Nicoleño girl, lives on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California during the early nineteenth century.
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8
The Pearl
narrative, literary
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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9
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
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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10
The House on Mango Street
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
The House on Mango Street follows Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl navigating a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Chicago.
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11
The Hate U Give
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
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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12
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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