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Loved Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech? If its middle grade, grief over a parent and coming of age hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The List of Things That Will Not Change, The Witches and The Little Prince. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside Walk Two Moons: Middle Grade · Grief Over a Parent · Coming of Age · Female Lead · Emotional
Rebecca Stead
Middle Grade · Child Narrator · Coming of Age · Emotional · First Person Narrator
Roald Dahl
Child Narrator · Middle Grade · Children's · Grief Over a Parent · Bittersweet
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Children's · Frame Story · Middle Grade · Emotional · Bittersweet
Kelly Barnhill
Middle Grade · Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional
Jeff Kinney
Child Narrator · Middle Grade · Children's · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator
Michelle Zauner
Grief Over a Parent · Mother and Daughter · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Emotional
Louisa May Alcott
Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · Middle Grade
Harper Lee
Child Narrator · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · Female Lead
Alice Sebold
Child Narrator · Bittersweet · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator
Cynthia Lord
Middle Grade · Coming of Age · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction
Laura Dave
Mother and Daughter · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional
Margarita Montimore
Mother and Daughter · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Grief Over a Parent · Contemporary Fiction
Melissa Bank
Coming of Age · Grief Over a Parent · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction
Sue Monk Kidd
Grief Over a Parent · Coming of Age · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Female Lead
Heather Lloyd
Coming of Age · Mother and Daughter · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead
Emma Straub
Grief Over a Parent · Bittersweet · Emotional · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction
Rebecca Yarros
Grief Over a Parent · Mother and Daughter · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction
Marcela Fuentes
Coming of Age · Mother and Daughter · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead
Arthur Golden
Frame Story · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · First Person Narrator
Kristin Hannah
Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional
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