Boy Who Owned the School vs Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Boy Who Owned the School

Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 ★★★★☆ 3.8 85 pages · ≈ 1 h 34 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin · 2007 ★★★★☆ 3.9 296 pages · ≈ 5 h 29 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
Boy Who Owned the School is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

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