18 books like You Don't Know Me

What to read after You Don't Know Me — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Be more chill Ned Vizzini · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants. Shares: Self-perception, High schools, Interpersonal relations, School Stories

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: High schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Lock-in Jonathan Mary-Todd · 2011 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate When a high school lock-in, meant to ease tensions between the lacrosse team and a group that likes to play werewolf, goes awry, Jackie does not know if she is safer in the panic of the dark hallways or with the crazed student council president determined to maintain control. Shares: High schools, Interpersonal relations, School Stories, Schools

Fly on the Wall E. Lockhart · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate At the Manhattan School for Art and Music, where everyone is "different" and everyone is "special," Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She's the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so she won't have to talk to anyone; who has a crush on Titus but won't do anything about it; who has no one to hang out with when her best (and only real) friend Katya is busy.One day,… Shares: High school students, High schools, Interpersonal relations, School Stories

Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach… Shares: Behavior, Interpersonal relations, School Stories, Schools

Deadline Chris Crutcher · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on — not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his… Shares: Self-perception, High schools, School Stories, Schools

Dogs don't tell jokes Louis Sachar · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school. Shares: Self-perception, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Ellen Tebbits Beverly Cleary · 1951 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ellen Tebbits is a 1951 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is Cleary's second published book, following Henry Huggins. This humorous realistic fiction story tells the adventures of young Ellen and the new girl in her school, Austine Allen. Shares: Realistic fiction, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life. Shares: High schools, 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: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

No messin' with my lesson Nancy E. Krulik · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Katie's teacher Mrs. Derkman is a finalist in the Teacher of the Year contest, and a contest official is coming to observe her teach class 3A. But when Katie suddenly turns into Mrs. Derkman, the teacher's chances don't look so good. How can Katie control a class full of out-of-control third-graders when she's just a third-grader herself? Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

One Of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of… Shares: High schools, Schools, Young Adult, Children's fiction

I love him to pieces Evonne Tsang · 2011 · ★ 3.4 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate St. Petersburg High school juniors Dicey Bell, a baseball star, and Jack Chen, who loves science and role-playing games, discover a mutual attraction when paired for a project, but on their first date, a zombie-producing fungus sends them on the run. Shares: High school students, High schools, Interpersonal relations, Schools

Eleventh grade burns Z Brewer · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D'Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all. With death… Shares: High school students, High schools, Schools, Young Adult

How to Be Popular Meg Cabot · 2006 · ★ 3.6 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Does being popular matter? It matters very much—to Steph. That's why this year, she has a plan to get in with the It Crowd in no time flat. She's got a secret weapon: an old book called—what else?—How to Be Popular. What does it take to be popular? All Steph has to do is follow the instructions in The Book, and soon she'll be partying with the It Crowd (including school quarterback Mark… Shares: High schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Meanest Thing to Say Bill Cosby · 1997 · ★ 3.3 · 39p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a new boy in his second grade class tries to get the other students to play a game that involves saying the meanest things possible to one another, Little Bill shows him a better way to make friends. Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Maxie, Rosie, and Earl- Partners In Grime Barbara Park · 1990 · ★ 3.4 · 117p · ≈ 3h · Moderate When their disciplinary meetings with the principal are postponed, three students skip school with humorous results. Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The earth, my butt, and other big, round things Carolyn Mackler · 2003 · ★ 4.2 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. Shares: Self-perception, High schools, School Stories, Schools

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