Best Realistic Fiction Books | Summaries & Audio

Realistic Fiction Book Summaries

The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz

by Ellie Midwood • 2021

At Auschwitz, two prisoners in love stage a daring escape, walking out the gates in stolen uniforms.

4.44

12k+

🏃 Holocaust Escape 💀 Nazi Death Camp 💪 Defiant Heroine 🕸️ Resistance Network 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz

At Auschwitz, two prisoners in love stage a daring escape, walking out the gates in stolen uniforms.

by Ellie Midwood 2021 334 pages

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏃 Holocaust Escape 💀 Nazi Death Camp 💪 Defiant Heroine 🕸️ Resistance Network 🚫 Forbidden Love

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

If There's No Tomorrow

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017 384 pages

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

This Lullaby

by Sarah Dessen • 2002

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

4.01

100k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

This Lullaby

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

by Sarah Dessen 2002 345 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

by Simone Elkeles • 2007

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

3.99

44k+

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

by Simone Elkeles 2007

3.99

44k+ ratings

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

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

25k+

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

Hello, Universe

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

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 320 pages

3.92

25k+ ratings

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

Pushing the Limits

by Katie McGarry • 2012

A scarred girl and a foster kid collide in therapy, where healing means risking everything.

4.04

100k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov 🧠 Repressed Memory 🏠 Foster Care 💕 Found Family

Pushing the Limits

A scarred girl and a foster kid collide in therapy, where healing means risking everything.

by Katie McGarry 2012 392 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov 🧠 Repressed Memory 🏠 Foster Care 💕 Found Family

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

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

by Susan Ross 2015 144 pages

3.74

151 ratings

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

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

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

by Sally J. Pla 2023 336 pages

4.50

3k+ ratings

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

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

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

by Anica Mrose Rissi 2023 240 pages

4.32

273 ratings

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

The Seventh Wish

by Kate Messner • 2016

Charlie catches a magic fish that grants wishes, but no wish can cure her sister's heroin addiction.

4.17

3k+

🐟 Wish Goes Wrong 💔 Family Addiction 💃 Competitive Dance 👭 Sister Bond Tested 🫂 Bittersweet Family Story

The Seventh Wish

Charlie catches a magic fish that grants wishes, but no wish can cure her sister's heroin addiction.

by Kate Messner 2016 228 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🐟 Wish Goes Wrong 💔 Family Addiction 💃 Competitive Dance 👭 Sister Bond Tested 🫂 Bittersweet Family Story

This Is What Happy Looks Like

by Jennifer E. Smith • 2013

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

3.67

51k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

This Is What Happy Looks Like

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

by Jennifer E. Smith 2013 404 pages

3.67

51k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

Banana Splitsville

by Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

500+

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Banana Splitsville

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

by Catherine Clark 2000 288 pages

3.36

500+ ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan • 2013

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

4.14

88k+

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

Counting by 7s

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

by Holly Goldberg Sloan 2013 380 pages

4.14

88k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

by Jasminne Mendez • 2023

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

4.02

500+

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

by Jasminne Mendez 2023 384 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Spin

by Lamar Giles • 2019

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

3.65

1k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

Spin

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

by Lamar Giles 2019 400 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

The Glass Girl

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

23k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024 464 pages

4.29

23k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

This Is How I Roll

by Debbi Michiko Florence • 2023

A girl hides her famous last name to launch a secret cooking channel with the new boy.

4.08

293

🍣 Japanese American 🍳 Aspiring Chef 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🏡 Small Town Life 🎭 Secret Identity

This Is How I Roll

A girl hides her famous last name to launch a secret cooking channel with the new boy.

by Debbi Michiko Florence 2023 288 pages

4.08

293 ratings

🍣 Japanese American 🍳 Aspiring Chef 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🏡 Small Town Life 🎭 Secret Identity

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

46k+

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

The View from Saturday

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

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996 176 pages

3.76

46k+ ratings

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

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

5k+

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

Room to Dream

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

by Kelly Yang 2021 320 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

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

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

by Carolyn Mackler • 2000

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

3.61

1k+

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

by Carolyn Mackler 2000 247 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

2k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

One Half from the East

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016 277 pages

3.98

2k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

My Heart and Other Black Holes

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015 302 pages

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

The Happiest Girl in the World

by Alena Dillon • 2021

A gymnast's Olympic dream demands silence about her best friend's abuse and her own breaking body.

3.69

1k+

🏅 Elite Gymnastics ⚠️ Institutional Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension 💔 Best Friends To Rivals 🗣️ Survivor Speaks Out

The Happiest Girl in the World

A gymnast's Olympic dream demands silence about her best friend's abuse and her own breaking body.

by Alena Dillon 2021 384 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏅 Elite Gymnastics ⚠️ Institutional Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension 💔 Best Friends To Rivals 🗣️ Survivor Speaks Out

The Audtion

by Maddie Ziegler • 2017

A dancer uprooted to Florida must earn her place among wary teammates and ruthless rivals.

4.12

1k+

🩰 Competitive Dance 💔 New Girl Struggles ⚡ Cliques And Rivalry 🎭 Dance Team Drama 💪 Overcoming Setbacks

The Audtion

A dancer uprooted to Florida must earn her place among wary teammates and ruthless rivals.

by Maddie Ziegler 2017 272 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

🩰 Competitive Dance 💔 New Girl Struggles ⚡ Cliques And Rivalry 🎭 Dance Team Drama 💪 Overcoming Setbacks

Playlist for the Dead

by Michelle Falkoff • 2015

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

3.28

15k+

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

Playlist for the Dead

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

by Michelle Falkoff 2015 288 pages

3.28

15k+ ratings

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

Saints and Misfits

by S.K. Ali • 2017

A hijabi teen hides her assault by a Quran memorizer, but silence can't protect her forever.

3.76

8k+

🧕 Hijabi Protagonist 🎭 Religious Hypocrisy ❤️ Interfaith Attraction 🗣️ Survivor Narrative 🤝 Community Accountability

Saints and Misfits

A hijabi teen hides her assault by a Quran memorizer, but silence can't protect her forever.

by S.K. Ali 2017 8 pages

3.76

8k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Protagonist 🎭 Religious Hypocrisy ❤️ Interfaith Attraction 🗣️ Survivor Narrative 🤝 Community Accountability

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

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

by Meg Cabot 2008 240 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

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

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

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

by Shari Green 2023 376 pages

4.26

226 ratings

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

I Stop Somewhere

by T.E. Carter • 2018

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

3.91

3k+

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

I Stop Somewhere

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

by T.E. Carter 2018 320 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

12k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 363 pages

4.31

12k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Homeboyz

by Alan Sitomer • 2007

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

4.34

2k+

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Homeboyz

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

by Alan Sitomer 2007 288 pages

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga • 2019

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

4.40

35k+

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

Other Words for Home

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

by Jasmine Warga 2019 352 pages

4.40

35k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

The Unexpected Everything

by Morgan Matson • 2016

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

3.98

41k+

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

The Unexpected Everything

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

by Morgan Matson 2016 519 pages

3.98

41k+ ratings

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

Henry and Ribsy

by Beverly Cleary • 1953

Henry's summer deal: keep his dog out of trouble, earn a salmon fishing trip with Dad.

4.01

14k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🐶 Misunderstood Dog 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventures 😄 Gentle Humor ☀️ Summer Adventures

Henry and Ribsy

Henry's summer deal: keep his dog out of trouble, earn a salmon fishing trip with Dad.

by Beverly Cleary 1953 208 pages

4.01

14k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🐶 Misunderstood Dog 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventures 😄 Gentle Humor ☀️ Summer Adventures

The Penderwicks at Last

by Jeanne Birdsall • 2018

When the Penderwicks return to Arundel for a wedding, the youngest must find her own rhythm.

4.18

9k+

🏡 Summer Estate 💒 Family Wedding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎶 Dance And Music 🌅 Bittersweet Goodbye

The Penderwicks at Last

When the Penderwicks return to Arundel for a wedding, the youngest must find her own rhythm.

by Jeanne Birdsall 2018 256 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏡 Summer Estate 💒 Family Wedding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎶 Dance And Music 🌅 Bittersweet Goodbye

Ghost

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

4.18

53k+

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

Ghost

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

by Jason Reynolds 2016 181 pages

4.18

53k+ ratings

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen • 2001

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

3.86

37k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏔️ Alaska

Touching Spirit Bear

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

by Ben Mikaelsen 2001 266 pages

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏔️ Alaska

First & Then

by Emma Mills • 2015

Her awkward cousin's football stardom pulls a sarcastic senior into the orbit of a silent star.

3.91

17k+

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Stoic Love Interest 💔 Unrequited Crush

First & Then

Her awkward cousin's football stardom pulls a sarcastic senior into the orbit of a silent star.

by Emma Mills 2015 272 pages

3.91

17k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Stoic Love Interest 💔 Unrequited Crush

Give Me a Sign

by Anna Sortino • 2023

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

4.07

7k+

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Give Me a Sign

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

by Anna Sortino 2023 303 pages

4.07

7k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Trinkets

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

3.40

3k+

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Trinkets

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 2013 288 pages

3.40

3k+ ratings

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath • 2004

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

3.71

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Everything on a Waffle

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

by Polly Horvath 2004 160 pages

3.71

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Previous 3 4 5

Compare Features	Free	Pro
📖 Read Summaries Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages	—
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks Free users are limited to 4	—
📜 Unlimited History Free users are limited to 4	—
📥 Unlimited Downloads Free users are limited to 1	—

People love SoBrief

Join our global community of 600,000+ readers

★★★★★

This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.

— Dave G

Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!

— Em

Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.

— Greg M