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12 books with a reading profile close to Where the Wild Things Are CD by Maurice Sendak. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 Kensuke's Kingdom

    Kensuke's Kingdom

    by Michael Morpurgo

    Also practical and 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.

  2. 2 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

    There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

    by Louis Sachar

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    Bradley Chalkers is the worst kid in fifth grade, a liar and bully who sits alone in the back of the class and has no friends.

  3. 3 Are You My Mother?

    Are You My Mother?

    by P.D. Eastman

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    A mother bird leaves her nest to find food, and while she is gone, her egg hatches.

  4. 4 Madeline

    Madeline

    by Ludwig Bemelmans

    Also practical and 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.

  5. 5 Roller Girl

    Roller Girl

    by Victoria Jamieson

    Also practical and 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.

  6. 6 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

    The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

    by Sonora Reyes

    Also practical and 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.

  7. 7 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

    These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

    by Nancy E. Turner

    Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    Sarah Agnes Prine chronicles twenty years of her life in the Arizona Territory through handwritten diary entries.

  8. 8 Owl Moon

    Owl Moon

    by Jane Yolen

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    On a cold, silent winter night, a young girl and her father walk through the woods to go owling.

  9. 9 Bleachers

    Bleachers

    by John Grisham

    Also practical and 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.

  10. 10 A Fall of Marigolds

    A Fall of Marigolds

    by Susan Meissner

    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.

  11. 11 The Trumpet of the Swan

    The Trumpet of the Swan

    by E.B. White

    Also practical and 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.

  12. 12 Stellaluna

    Stellaluna

    by Janell Cannon

    Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

    After an owl attacks her mother, a young fruit bat named Stellaluna falls into a bird’s nest.

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