Books like The View from Saturday
12 books with a reading profile close to The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
The Wednesday Wars
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
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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2
Crenshaw
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Jackson is a young boy who values facts and logic, but his family faces the constant threat of homelessness.
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3
A Long Walk to Water
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
This historical novel follows two intertwining narratives set in Sudan several decades apart.
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4
Evening Class
by Maeve Binchy
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
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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5
Wishtree
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Red, a northern red oak, serves as the neighborhood wishtree where residents tie scraps of fabric containing their hopes.
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6
Liar & Spy
narrative, literary
Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building after his father loses his job and his mother begins working double shifts at the hospital.
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The Reading List
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Set in Wembley, London, the story follows Mukesh, a lonely widower struggling to connect with his bookworm granddaughter, and Aleisha, a distressed teenager working a summer job at the local library.
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8
The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ona Vitkus is a 104-year-old woman who agrees to let eleven-year-old Quentin, a Boy Scout looking for a service project, visit her on Saturdays to help with chores and chat.
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9
The Hate U Give
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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10
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
narrative, literary
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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11
Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
narrative, literary
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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12
The Crossover
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Josh and Jordan Bell are twin brothers and middle school basketball stars known for their dominance on the court.
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