18 books like The House on Mango Street
Tagebuch eines halbwüchsigen Mädchens
From the book:THE best preface to this journal written by a young girl belonging to the upper middle class is a letter by Sigmund Freud dated April 27, 1915, a letter wherein the distinguished Viennese psychologist testifies to the permanent value of the document: "This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl,…
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Coming of age in Samoa
The classic anthropological study describes what it was like in the 1920s for girls growing up in the culture of the Samoan Islands, offering provocative insights into such topics as childhood, gender roles, and culture.
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The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Forty-nine stories reflect much of the intensity of Hemingway's own life and environment.
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The Poet X
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
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Marge Piercy
Onetime college girl, loving mother, pickpocket, and unmarried mourning wife Consuelo Ramos, imprisoned in a New York mental hospital for assaulting a pimp, hovers between a future of life dominant and an endless present of neuroelectric experimentation
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A Twist in the Tale
Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer…
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Short stories
Nine tales include "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Selfish Giant."
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A long way from Verona
A young girl aspiring to be a writer recounts her experiences growing up in England during the Second World War.
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Bless Me, Ultima
Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past.
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Coming of age around the world
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Escape
Escape
In this companion to #1 New York Times bestseller The Black Book, Detective Billy Harney chases down a prison escape artist and billionaire crime boss—while a young girl’s life hangs in the balance. As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s investigating is down to his last twenty…
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The little bookroom
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
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The Little Friend
A young girl with a brother murdered years ago decides to find and punish his killer.
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Breaktime
A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is ever related to real life spurs Ditto to chronicle his amazing life-changing adventures during spring break, but he leaves it up to his friend to decide if it is true, or just a story.
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In black and white
Tales of native life in India, in Oriental style.
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Breakfast Served Anytime
Spending the summer before her senior year at a camp for gifted and talented students, Gloria struggles with the recent loss of her grandmother while trying to meet new friends and make the best of her new circumstances.
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I Sing the Body Electric!
Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space.
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La route d'Altamont
First published in French in 1966, The Road Past Altamont pierces to the heart of a child's world, creating a delicate, yet substantial network of impressions, emotions, and relationships. In her writing, Gabrielle Roy allowed "nothing extraneous or false to stand," according to the translator, Joyce Marshall. The literary style of Roy, whose fiction reflects her childhood on the Canadian…
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