Missing the Piano vs Twisted: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Missing the Piano Missing the Piano Adam Rapp · 1994 ★★★★☆ 3.6 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Light

When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.

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Cover of Twisted Twisted Laurie Halse Anderson · 2007 ★★★★☆ 3.8 261 pages · ≈ 4 h 50 m · Light

High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Missing the PianoTwisted
Goodreads 3.4 (57) 3.8 (37776)
Hardcover — 3.6 (38)
Google Books — 4.0 (24)
Apple Books — 4.5 (304)

Reception

Missing the PianoTwisted
Ratings 57 37776
Editions 7 13
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 200
Pages 208 261

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