Books like The Rest of the Story
12 books with a reading profile close to The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Finding Audrey
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner lives trapped behind dark sunglasses inside her house, struggling with a severe anxiety disorder and agoraphobia following a traumatic bullying incident at school.
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2
Once and for All
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Louna Barrett spends her summers working for her mother’s wedding planning business, navigating the logistics of high-end ceremonies while maintaining a cynical outlook on romance.
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3
Hecha de estrellas
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Mara and her twin brother, Owen, share an inseparable bond until their classmate, Hannah, accuses Owen of rape.
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4
You Should See Me in a Crown
by Leah Johnson
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Liz Lighty prioritizes her escape from Campbell, Indiana, through a scholarship to Pennington College.
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5
When We Collided
by Emery Lord
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Jonah Daniels lives in the coastal town of Verona Cove, where he handles the responsibilities of his family’s restaurant and cares for his younger siblings following his father’s sudden death.
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6
Pumpkinheads
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
High school seniors Deja and Josiah have worked together at a sprawling Nebraska pumpkin patch every autumn for three years.
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The Moon and More
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Luke’s tides and seasonal rhythms dictate life in the coastal town of Colby, where Emaline works for her family’s vacation rental business.
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8
Yes No Maybe So
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Jamie Goldberg prefers the behind-the-scenes work of political campaigning to the public scrutiny of the podium.
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9
The Henna Wars
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Nishat is a teenage girl living in Dublin who decides to come out to her Bengali parents, only to be met with a silent refusal to acknowledge her identity.
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10
The Girl He Used to Know
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s.
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11
It Only Happens in the Movies
by Holly Bourne
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Audrey, a seventeen-year-old, has recently been dumped by her boyfriend and decides that real life does not work like the movies she loves.
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12
Everything Leads to You
by Nina LaCour
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emi Price is an eighteen-year-old production designer working as an intern on film sets in Los Angeles.
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