Sharon M. Draper 2010
- What it is
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Within the walls of a school · sad, but it leaves you hopeful
- Genre
- Young adult Literary
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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School setting and driven by its characters
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Only it restores your faith in people
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A reader shelved it with yours in Real kids, real struggles, real growth
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Sad, but it leaves you hopeful · a love story that hurts
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Fierce and defiant · it leaves you shaken
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Ursula K. Le Guin 1992
In common with yours: school setting · one to read slowly
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Like yours: school setting · comedy with teeth
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In common with yours: school setting · odd and endearing
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In common with yours: school setting · it's hiding a secret
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In common with yours: school setting · love in the middle of danger
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In common with yours: school setting · a story hidden inside another
Notes on a Scandal
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Like yours: school setting · it ties your stomach in a knot
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Only driven by its characters
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