50 Books like Counting by 7s

Almond

by Sohn Won-Pyung

A boy who cannot feel is targeted by a boy of rage, who tests his emptiness with growing cruelty.

4.14

184k+

🧊 Emotional Numbness 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏡 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🇰🇷 Korean Fiction

Almond 93%

A boy who cannot feel is targeted by a boy of rage, who tests his emptiness with growing cruelty.

by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017

4.14

184k+ ratings

🧊 Emotional Numbness 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏡 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🇰🇷 Korean Fiction

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 94%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

by Barry Jonsberg • 2013

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

3.91

2k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on Summary

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on 93%

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

by Barry Jonsberg 2013

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

The Reading List

by Sara Nisha Adams • 2021

A widower and a teenage library worker, bound by a reading list, help each other survive loss.

4.06

136k+

📚 Books About Books 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Grief And Healing 🏛️ Library Setting 🫂 Community Healing

The Reading List 92%

A widower and a teenage library worker, bound by a reading list, help each other survive loss.

by Sara Nisha Adams 2021

4.06

136k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Grief And Healing 🏛️ Library Setting 🫂 Community Healing

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

by Dan Gemeinhart • 2019

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

4.44

33k+

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Summary

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise 92%

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

by Dan Gemeinhart 2019

4.44

33k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

Crow Talk

by Eileen Garvin • 2024

An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

4.12

5k+

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

Crow Talk 92%

An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

by Eileen Garvin 2024

4.12

5k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2024

A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.

4.04

6k+

🧠 Childhood Anxiety ⏰ Time Travel Visitor 💔 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Coming Of Age

The First State of Being 92%

A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2024

4.04

6k+ ratings

🧠 Childhood Anxiety ⏰ Time Travel Visitor 💔 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Coming Of Age

Wishing Season

by Anica Mrose Rissi • 2023

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

4.32

273

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

Wishing Season 92%

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

by Anica Mrose Rissi 2023

4.32

273 ratings

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

by Sally J. Pla • 2023

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

4.50

3k+

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn Summary

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn 92%

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

by Sally J. Pla 2023

4.50

3k+ ratings

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2017

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

3.92

26k+

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Hello, Universe 92%

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2017

3.92

26k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle • 2023

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

4.31

538

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Just Gus 92%

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

by McCall Hoyle 2023

4.31

538 ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

The Star Outside My Window

by Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

4.31

3k+

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

The Star Outside My Window 92%

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen • 2015

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

3.82

17k+

🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

We Are All Made of Molecules 92%

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

by Susin Nielsen 2015

3.82

17k+ ratings

🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

47k+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The View from Saturday 92%

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996

3.76

47k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The Labors of Hercules Beal

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2023

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

4.48

8k+

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher 🏘️ Small Town 🐕 Boy And His Dog

The Labors of Hercules Beal 92%

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

by Gary D. Schmidt 2023

4.48

8k+ ratings

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher 🏘️ Small Town 🐕 Boy And His Dog

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman • 2019

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

4.26

12k+

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The Bridge Home 92%

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

by Padma Venkatraman 2019

4.26

12k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech • 1994

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

4.00

174k+

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

Walk Two Moons 91%

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

by Sharon Creech 1994

4.00

174k+ ratings

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin • 2015

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

4.10

45k+

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

The Thing About Jellyfish 93%

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

by Ali Benjamin 2015

4.10

45k+ ratings

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo • 2001

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

3.84

33k+

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

The Tiger Rising 93%

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

by Kate DiCamillo 2001

3.84

33k+ ratings

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

3.85

81k+

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

The Emperor of Gladness 91%

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

by Ocean Vuong 2025

3.85

81k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

In the Wild Light

by Jeff Zentner • 2021

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

4.44

12k+

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

In the Wild Light 91%

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

by Jeff Zentner 2021

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

7k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings 91%

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019

4.05

7k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life 91%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass • 2006

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

4.02

20k+

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life 91%

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

by Wendy Mass 2006

4.02

20k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Kiki and Jacques

by Susan Ross • 2015

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

3.74

151

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

Kiki and Jacques 91%

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

by Susan Ross 2015

3.74

151 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All 91%

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

The Marvels

by Brian Selznick • 2015

A boy enters his uncle's house, where every room tells a story that may be a lie.

3.99

21k+

🏠 Found Family 📖 Metafiction 🎭 Theatrical House 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Coming Of Age

The Marvels 91%

A boy enters his uncle's house, where every room tells a story that may be a lie.

by Brian Selznick 2015

3.99

21k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 📖 Metafiction 🎭 Theatrical House 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Coming Of Age

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo • 2000

New in town, missing her mother, Opal adopts a stray dog who leads her to community.

4.10

281k+

🐕 Dog Companion 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Community 👵 Eccentric Elders 📖 Storytelling

Because of Winn-Dixie 91%

New in town, missing her mother, Opal adopts a stray dog who leads her to community.

by Kate DiCamillo 2000

4.10

281k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Companion 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Community 👵 Eccentric Elders 📖 Storytelling

Room to Dream

by Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

6k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream 91%

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

by Kelly Yang 2021

4.37

6k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Unhooking the Moon

by Gregory Hughes • 2010

Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.

3.96

2k+

🧒 Orphaned Siblings 🚂 Sibling Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Precognitive Child 🏙️ Gritty Middle Grade

Unhooking the Moon 91%

Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.

by Gregory Hughes 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧒 Orphaned Siblings 🚂 Sibling Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Precognitive Child 🏙️ Gritty Middle Grade

Forget Me Not

by Ellie Terry • 2017

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

3.91

16k+

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🗣️ School Bullying 🌱 Quiet Courage

Forget Me Not 91%

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

by Ellie Terry 2017

3.91

16k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🗣️ School Bullying 🌱 Quiet Courage

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 91%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Wandering Souls

by Cecile Pin • 2023

After their family drowns fleeing Vietnam, three siblings reach England haunted by a dead brother.

4.12

20k+

🌊 Vietnamese Diaspora 📜 Multigenerational Saga 🤲 Parentified Sibling 👻 Ghost Narrator 💔 Survivor Guilt

Wandering Souls 91%

After their family drowns fleeing Vietnam, three siblings reach England haunted by a dead brother.

by Cecile Pin 2023

4.12

20k+ ratings

🌊 Vietnamese Diaspora 📜 Multigenerational Saga 🤲 Parentified Sibling 👻 Ghost Narrator 💔 Survivor Guilt

As Brave As You

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

A city kid's summer uncovers his blind grandfather's secrets and a family's definition of bravery.

4.05

8k+

🏙️ City To Country 👴👦 Grandparent Bond 👨‍🦯 Blind Grandparent 🤫 Family Secrets 💪 Quiet Bravery

As Brave As You 91%

A city kid's summer uncovers his blind grandfather's secrets and a family's definition of bravery.

by Jason Reynolds 2016

4.05

8k+ ratings

🏙️ City To Country 👴👦 Grandparent Bond 👨‍🦯 Blind Grandparent 🤫 Family Secrets 💪 Quiet Bravery

The Poppy Fields

by Nikki Erlick

A desert clinic heals grief through sleep. Three strangers with secret losses share one car west.

3.63

47k+

👯 Estranged Sisters 🤝 Found Family 🚗 Road Trip 🌿 Speculative Healing 🏜️ American Southwest

The Poppy Fields 90%

A desert clinic heals grief through sleep. Three strangers with secret losses share one car west.

by Nikki Erlick 2025

3.63

47k+ ratings

👯 Estranged Sisters 🤝 Found Family 🚗 Road Trip 🌿 Speculative Healing 🏜️ American Southwest

Tiger Eyes

by Judy Blume • 2005

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

3.92

19k+

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

Tiger Eyes 92%

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

by Judy Blume 2005

3.92

19k+ ratings

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

The Science of Breakable Things

by Tae Keller • 2018

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

4.12

5k+

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

The Science of Breakable Things 92%

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

by Tae Keller 2018

4.12

5k+ ratings

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 91%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Alabama Moon

by Watt Key • 2004

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

4.06

5k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Alabama Moon 91%

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

by Watt Key 2004

4.06

5k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

The Heartbeat Library

by Laura Imai Messina • 2022

An island archive of human heartbeats pulls a grieving father and a guilt-ridden boy toward healing.

4.03

5k+

🇯🇵 Japanese Healing Fiction 🫂 Found Family 👨‍👦 Surrogate Father-Son 💔 Childhood Guilt 🤫 Quiet And Contemplative

The Heartbeat Library 91%

An island archive of human heartbeats pulls a grieving father and a guilt-ridden boy toward healing.

by Laura Imai Messina 2022

4.03

5k+ ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Healing Fiction 🫂 Found Family 👨‍👦 Surrogate Father-Son 💔 Childhood Guilt 🤫 Quiet And Contemplative

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

3.98

28k+

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Kira-Kira 91%

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

by Cynthia Kadohata 2004

3.98

28k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Bouncing Back

by Scott Ostler • 2019

Newly paralyzed, a teen basketball star joins a wheelchair team to find his place.

4.05

220

🏀 Youth Basketball 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😒 Reluctant Athlete 🤝 Bully Redemption ✊ Community Activism

Bouncing Back 91%

Newly paralyzed, a teen basketball star joins a wheelchair team to find his place.

by Scott Ostler 2019

4.05

220 ratings

🏀 Youth Basketball 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😒 Reluctant Athlete 🤝 Bully Redemption ✊ Community Activism

Where the Forest Meets the Stars

by Glendy Vanderah • 2019

A grieving biologist finds a barefoot girl who claims she is an alien witnessing miracles.

4.13

238k+

🏠 Found Family 💕 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Traumatized Child 🌌 Coping Through Fantasy 🔍 Small Town Mystery

Where the Forest Meets the Stars Summary

Where the Forest Meets the Stars 91%

A grieving biologist finds a barefoot girl who claims she is an alien witnessing miracles.

by Glendy Vanderah 2019

4.13

238k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 💕 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Traumatized Child 🌌 Coping Through Fantasy 🔍 Small Town Mystery

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

504

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

Le boulevard 91%

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016

3.66

504 ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

The Forgotten Book Club

by Kate Storey • 2025

A sealed study, hidden journals, and a silent book club force a widow to start listening.

4.15

5k+

📚 Book Club Fiction 📖 Bibliotherapy 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets ✉️ Posthumous Letters

The Forgotten Book Club 91%

A sealed study, hidden journals, and a silent book club force a widow to start listening.

by Kate Storey 2025

4.15

5k+ ratings

📚 Book Club Fiction 📖 Bibliotherapy 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets ✉️ Posthumous Letters

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper • 2010

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

4.34

191k+

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship 🧑🏽‍🏫 Mentor Figure 🏆 Academic Competition

Out of My Mind 90%

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

by Sharon M. Draper 2010

4.34

191k+ ratings

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship 🧑🏽‍🏫 Mentor Figure 🏆 Academic Competition

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible 90%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

Game Face

by Shari Green • 2023

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

4.26

226

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

Game Face 90%

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

by Shari Green 2023

4.26

226 ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The New Girl 90%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

Blended

by Sharon M. Draper • 2018

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

4.16

20k+

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape 🏫 School Racism 🚔 Police Violence

Blended 90%

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

by Sharon M. Draper 2018

4.16

20k+ ratings

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape 🏫 School Racism 🚔 Police Violence

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