Missing the Piano vs What I Was: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Boarding schools, Boys, Coming-of-age, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction

Cover of Missing the Piano

Missing the Piano Adam Rapp · 1994 ★★★★☆ 3.6 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of What I Was

What I Was Meg Rosoff · 2007 ★★★★☆ 3.5 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Easy Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.6 vs 3.5 — either is a safe pick by score.
What I Was is the easier read (Easy), Missing the Piano more demanding (Light).

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