Books like

Books like Willow

12 books with a reading profile close to Willow by Julia Hoban. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

This Song Will Save Your Life

by Leila Sales

Also inward-looking and 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.
2

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Jade is a Black teenager from a poor Portland neighborhood who commutes to a mostly white private high school on scholarship.
3

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.
4

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

by Louis Sachar

Also 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.
5

The Runaway Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

A small rabbit tells his mother that he plans to run away, sparking a theoretical game of chase.
6

The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon

by Margaret Wise Brown

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

In this compilation of two classic children’s stories, Margaret Wise Brown focuses on the physical and emotional security of home.
7

Roller Girl

by Victoria Jamieson

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.
8

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.
9

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.
10

Hang the Moon

by Jeannette Walls

narrative, accessible

Set in Prohibition-era Virginia, the story follows Sallie Kincaid, the daughter of a wealthy local patriarch known as the Duke.
11

Madeline

by Ludwig Bemelmans

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.
12

Are You My Mother?

by P.D. Eastman

Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible

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

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