Leaving Jetty Road

8 best books like Leaving Jetty Road (Rebecca Burton): Orange Is the New Black, Room on the Broom, I Love You, Stinky Face, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, The Running Man, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World, Prisoner B-3087, My Brother's Name is Jessica

Orange Is the New Black

Author	Piper Kerman
ISBN	0385523386

With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before.

But that past has caught up with her.

Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility...

Room on the Broom

Author	Julia Donaldson
ISBN	0142501123

The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many...

I Love You, Stinky Face

Author	Lisa McCourt
ISBN	0439634695

A vividly illustrated bedtime story that shows how the unconditional love of a mother can be tested through the relentless questions of her little boy.
"But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?"


Mothers love their children...

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	0062104187

Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.

One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for...

The Running Man

Author	Michael Gerard Bauer
ISBN	0061455091

There had always been the Running Man--always that phantom form somewhere in the distance, always shuffling relentlessly closer . . . For a long time, fourteen-year-old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next-door neighbor. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible...

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

Author	Sy Montgomery
ISBN	0547443153

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism.
   While Temple’s doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead.
   Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor...

Prisoner B-3087

Author

Alan Gratz

Survive. At any cost.

10 concentration camps.

10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.

It's something no one could imagine surviving.

But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.

As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is...

My Brother's Name is Jessica

Author	John Boyne
ISBN	0241376157

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible.

Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular, amazing...