Books like These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
12 books with a reading profile close to These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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A Fall of Marigolds
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1911, Taryn Michaels witnesses the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in Manhattan, an event that claims the life of the man she loves.
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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
by Sonora Reyes
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Aoife Torres, who goes by Yami, is a Mexican-American teenager who is forced to move to a Catholic school after a scandal involving her old public school.
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Bleachers
by John Grisham
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the small town of Messina, former high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to the high school bleachers to keep vigil as his legendary coach, Eddie Rake, lies dying.
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Hang the Moon
narrative, accessible
Set in Prohibition-era Virginia, the story follows Sallie Kincaid, the daughter of a wealthy local patriarch known as the Duke.
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Kensuke's Kingdom
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Michael is a boy who sails around the world with his parents and his dog, Stella Artois, on a yacht, but he falls overboard one night during a storm and is washed up on a remote island in the Pacific.
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Roller Girl
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Astrid Vasquez signs up for a junior roller derby summer camp, a decision that creates a rift with her best friend, Nicole, who prefers ballet.
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Where the Wild Things Are CD
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
After his mother sends him to bed without supper for behaving like a wild animal, a young boy named Max discovers his bedroom transforming into a vast tropical forest.
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Moxie
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In a small Texas town, sixteen-year-old Vivian Carter grows tired of her high school’s double standards, ranging from sexist dress code enforcement to the unchecked harassment from the football team.
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This Song Will Save Your Life
by Leila Sales
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Elise Dembowski exists on the social periphery of her high school, failing at every attempt to manufacture a likable persona.
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Madeline
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in a vine-covered boarding school in Paris, the story follows twelve young girls who live under the supervision of Miss Clavel.
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The Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B. White
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Louis is a trumpeter swan born without a voice, a physical defect that prevents him from honking to attract a mate like Serena.
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Sooley
by John Grisham
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the civil war-torn landscape of South Sudan, seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleyman receives an invitation to play basketball for a scouting team in the United States.
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