Tag: school

8 books with this tag.

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Often combined with: young adult (5) · family (4)

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

After calling police at a party, ninth grader Melinda stops speaking until art helps her tell.

2,073-word summary · 9 min read

Marked

P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast · 2007

Zoey Redbird is Marked as a fledgling vampyre and sent to Tulsa's House of Night, where Goddess-gifted powers, new friends, and a corrupt queen bee test her…

2,101-word summary · 9 min read

Heartstopper: Volume Two

Alice Oseman · 2019

Nick and Charlie test dating in Heartstopper Volume Two: coming out to family, a Paris trip, and Tao's doubts.

2,212-word summary · 10 min read

Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 2012

Auggie Pullman starts fifth grade at Beecher Prep in Manhattan with a facial difference, and his year of friendship, hurt, and kindness changes Via, Jack, and…

2,540-word summary · 11 min read

Matilda

Roald Dahl · 1988

Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.

2,296-word summary · 10 min read

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty · 2014

In Pirriwee three mothers collide over school, marriage, and secrets until a trivia night death forces the truth about Perry abuse, Celeste fear, and Jane past.

2,582-word summary · 11 min read