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8 best books like Becoming Anna (Anna J. Michener): Dear Mr. Henshaw, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Girl They Left Behind, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope, El día que se perdió la cordura

Dear Mr. Henshaw
AuthorBeverly Cleary
ISBN0380709589
Leigh has been Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid in school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
AuthorSuzanne Collins
Except for the whole "science that makes absolutely no sense even if it is set in the future as it has no actual basis in reality, and you need a basis in reality to make the science believable and my biology background made me cringe" thing, the last two books weren't terrible but they weren't great either....the...
The Girl They Left Behind
AuthorRoxanne Veletzos
ISBN1501187686
A sweeping family saga and love story that offers a vivid and unique portrayal of life in war-torn 1941 Bucharest and life behind the Iron Curtain during the Soviet Union occupation—perfect for fans of Lilac Girls and Sarah’s Key.

On a freezing night in January 1941, a little Jewish girl...
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
AuthorAdeline Yen Mah
ISBN0440228654
A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph...
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
AuthorJohann Hari
ISBN1620408902
New York Times Bestseller

It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, thirty-thousand-mile journey into the war on drugs. What he found is that more and more people all over...
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
AuthorDr. Gabor Maté
ISBN0676977405
He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treating the drug addicts of Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside with sympathy in his heart and legislative reform in mind can't be easy. But Maté never judges. His book is a powerful call-to-arms,...
Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope
AuthorWayne Theodore
ISBN0936197455
In the autobiography, ‘Wayne’ by Wayne Theodore (2003), Wayne is a boy from Massachusetts who was abused mentally and physically by his father. The abuse was so bad that his father nearly killed Wayne when he was only 6 years old. Wayne’s mother did nothing to improve the situation, as she was abused...
El día que se perdió la cordura
AuthorJavier Castillo
Opiniones de lectores:

“Una historia de amor rompedora e inquebrantable, de un autor hasta ahora desconocido, y que sin duda se va a convertir en el fenómeno literario del año”

“Un libro aupado por el boca a boca, de esos que te dejan toda una noche sin dormir”

“Maravilloso....
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