Books like The Phantom Tollbooth
12 books with a reading profile close to The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
narrative, literary
Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town, where being a Greaser means constant conflict with the wealthy Socs.
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2
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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3
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
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
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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5
The Body
by Stephen King
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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6
The Hundred Dresses
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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7
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck
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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8
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
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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9
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
narrative, literary
Set in the Alabama town of Maycomb during the Great Depression, the story follows young Scout Finch and her brother Jem.
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10
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
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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11
Scout, Atticus & Boo
narrative, literary
Mary McDonagh Murphy chronicles the lasting influence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird through a series of structured interviews with prominent writers, public figures, and Lee’s close associates.
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12
Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, literary
Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years of experience, begins her shift at a Connecticut hospital only to be reassigned because a patient’s parents are white supremacists who demand that no African…
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