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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorA Handful of Stars
Cynthia Lord · 184 pages
The Year of the Book
Andrea Cheng · 160 pages
Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Really Truly Ruthie
Valerie Tripp · 96 pages
"Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goffy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kttredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help ..."--Cover back.
Summer Term at Malory Towers
Pamela Cox
Cousins Esme and Lucy keep Felicity and the rest of the third form amused with their rows.
A Pony for Keeps
Jeanne Betancourt · 90 pages
Amber Brown Goes Fourth
Paula Danziger · 101 pages
Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.
Dawn On The Coast
Ann M. Martin
The 19th book in the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel series. Will Dawn leave Stoneybrook for California for good?
Dot and Anton
Erich Kastner · 139 pages
'Matches, buy my matches, ladies and gents!' calls Luise Pogge, a.k.a. 'Dot', evening after evening, standing on Weidendammer Bridge in the middle of Berlin. Of course, her wealthy parents have no idea of her whereabouts, believing her to be in the safe care of her nanny, Miss Andacht. But Miss Andacht is being blackmailed by her shady fianc , which is where Dot comes in. Anton, on the other hand,
Zahrah the Windseeker
Nnedi Okorafor, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu · 314 pages
Zahrah, a timid thirteen-year-old girl, undertakes a dangerous quest into the Forbidden Greeny Jungle to seek the antidote for her best friend after he is bitten by a snake, and finds knowledge, courage, and hidden powers along the way.
Emma, Smile and Say "Cupcake!"
Coco Simon, Elizabeth Doyle Carey · 133 pages
Emma wants to be a model, but membership in the Cupcake Club might be all the fame she needs. Book #11 The Special Day wedding salon is running an ad in the local newspaper, and they want Emma to model in the advertisement. The ad is a huge hit and suddenly Emma is very much in demand. But after running all over New York City for auditions, Emma realizes being a model is a lot tougher than she th
Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes
Lisa Greenwald
Double Dutch
Sharon M. Draper · 183 pages
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
The School Story
Andrew Clements · 196 pages
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech · 141 pages
Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories
Claudia and Mean Janine
Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin · 175 pages
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Kelly Jones · 216 pages
Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they've inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her little chicken brain: jam jars, the latch to her henhouse, the entire henhouse .And then more of her great-un
Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever
Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 144 pages
Dawn has been hired to keep Whitney who has Down's syndrome company while her parents are out, but Whitney doesn't know that Dawn is being paid.
Meet Rebecca
Jacqueline Dembar Greene
In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.
What Katy Did at School
Susan Coolidge · 188 pages
Katy and her sister Clover dread being sent away to boarding school, but discover that being away from home isn't so bad after all.
Where the Streets Had a Name
Randa Abdel-Fattah · 263 pages
Thirteen-year-old Hayaat of Bethlehem faces check points, curfews, and the travel permit system designed to keep people on the West Bank when she attempts to go to her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem with her best friend.