18 books like M.C. Higgins, the Great

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Bearstone Will Hobbs · 1989 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A DRAMATIC TALE OF GRIZZLIES AND GOLD Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm. In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with… Shares: Coming of age in fiction, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Satch & me Dan Gutman · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever?"Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast… Shares: African Americans in fiction, African Americans, Children's fiction

The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Challenging After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937 · ★ 4.2 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging 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

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

Twisted Laurie Halse Anderson · 2007 · ★ 3.8 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 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 the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn't believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to… Shares: Ohio, Family life, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Edith Nesbit · 1899 · ★ 3.9 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The six Bastable children try to restore their family's fortune using a variety of schemes taken from books, including finding buried treasure, rescuing someone from bandits, and starting a newspaper. Shares: Family life in fiction, Family life, Children's fiction

Alice, I Think Susan Juby · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis." Shares: Family life, Family, Coming-of-age, Families

In the Heart of the Rockies G. A. Henty · 1894 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Challenging An adventure filled with ingenuity and perserverance begins when 16-year-old Tom Wade leaves England, orphaned and facing a questionable future, in search of his Uncle Harry in America. The story follows Tom as he travels West to find his uncle with a band of comrades in Colorado's Rocky Mountain wilderness questing a gold mine. They are all pursued across the Bad Lands by Indians, overcome by a… Shares: Coming of age in fiction, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

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

What I saw and how I lied Judy Blundell · 2008 · ★ 3.5 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever. Shares: Family life, Family, Coming-of-age, Families

Alice in April Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the Woman of the House at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciated for taking care of her father and older brother. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

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, Family, Coming-of-age, Families

Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1941 · ★ 4.2 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Jackie and me Dan Gutman · 1999 · ★ 4.2 · 145p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it… Shares: African Americans in fiction, African Americans, 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: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

How I Live Now Meg Rosoff · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

The goodbye season Marian Hale · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for a loving, if troubled, family. Shares: Family life, Coming-of-age, Families, Children's fiction

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