18 books like Alice in April

What to read after Alice in April — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Alice in Lace Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 155p · ≈ 5h · Moderate While planning a wedding as part of an assignment for her eighth-grade health class, Alice thinks about her father's and older brother's love lives and learns that you cannot prepare for all of life's decisions. Shares Single-parent families, Family life, School Stories, Family

Loser Jerry Spinelli · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in just might lead to an incredible life. This classic book is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Carl Hiaasen. Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips… Shares Family life, School Stories, Family, Families

The meaning of Maggie Megan Jean Sovern · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair. Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment, she is also facing a lot of problems, such as… Shares Family life, School Stories, Family, Families

Sami and the time of the troubles Florence Parry Heide · 1992 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street. Shares Family life, Families, Children's fiction

Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's, she doesn't know how. When she reads the definition of closure, she realizes that is what she… Shares Girls, Family life, Families, Schools

Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) Maud Hart Lovelace · 1945 · ★ 4.3 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of friends, with studies aplenty (including Latin and--ugh--algebra), parties and picnics galore, Sunday night lunches at home--and boys! There's Cab Edwards, the jolly boy next… Shares Girls, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Perfect Girl Mary Hogan · 2007 · ★ 3.4 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. He's suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang, and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it.Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie realizes she has to do something, and fast. Jenna is perfect, from her perfectly straight hair to her perfectly manicured toes. Perry's noticed her, too, and worse, Jenna has noticed… Shares Girls, Family life, Family, Families

Because of Mr. Terupt Rob Buyea · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 269p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Because of Mr. Terupt is the 2010 debut children's novel by Rob Buyea. Told through the eyes of seven students, it is about one year in the life of a fifth-grade class and their new teacher at the fictitious Snow Hill School. The novel was a 2011 Middle Reader Honor Awards book of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. It received the 2013 Young Hoosier Book Award (Intermediate). Shares Family life, School Stories, Family, Families

Reluctantly Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1991 · ★ 4.0 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives. Shares Single-parent families, Family life, School Stories, Family

Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra credit on the stage crew of the school production of The Wizard of Oz. Jacob, who is usually in a fog anyway, has the the job of running the fog machine. The problem is that Maria… Shares School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The day the teacher went bananas James Howe · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla. Shares School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Wendy and the Bullies Nancy K. Robinson · 1980 · ★ 3.7 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Wendy's troubles with bullies in and out of school reach the point where she is afraid to go to school. Shares Girls, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Last Straw Jeff Kinney · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Greg has to try and explain to his dad why he should not go to military school and that is just one of his problems he has to try and impress a girl solve a sweet mystery and try to get kicked off the football team Shares Family life, School Stories, Families, Schools

The Book of the Banshee Anne Fine · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Will Flowers doesn't understand what could have happened. His sister, Estelle, used to be really cool. She was quiet, responsible, and most times you'd never even know she was around(which was the cool part). But lately, Estelle has been acting totally weird - to everyone. All she does is get mad and yell. She yells at Mom. She yells at Dad. She even yells at little Muffy. But mostly she yells at… Shares Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937 · ★ 4.2 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers. Shares Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Prom Laurie Halse Anderson · 2005 · ★ 3.3 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ashley Hannigan is one of the few people in her urban Philadelphia high school who doesn't care about the prom. It's pretty much the only good thing that happens there, and everyone plans to make the most of it--especially Ash's best friend, Natalia, who's the head of the committee and has prom stars in her eyes. Then the faculty advisor is busted for taking the prom money and Ash finds herself… Shares Family life, School Stories, Family, Families

Judy Moody and the bad luck charm Megan McDonald · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning-at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."-- Shares Family life, School Stories, Families, Schools

Zooman Sam Lois Lowry · 1999 · ★ 2.3 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading. Shares Family life, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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