Necessary Roughness
9 best books like Necessary Roughness (Marie Myung-Ok Lee (Marie G. Lee)): Caddie Woodlawn, A Long Way Down, The Blue Girl, A Face Like Glass, The Okay Witch, Crackback, This Gorgeous Game, So Far from the Bamboo Grove, Paper Wishes
| Author | Carol Ryrie Brink |
| ISBN | 1416940286 |
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors -- neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don't understand her at all. Caddie is brave,...
| Author | Nick Hornby |
| ISBN | 1594481938 |
In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.
Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show...
| Author | Charles de Lint |
| ISBN | 0142405450 |
Seventeen-year-old Imogene's tough, rebellious nature has caused her more harm than good—so when her family moves to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself. She won't lose her punk/thrift-shop look, but she'll try to avoid the gangs, work a little harder at school, and maybe even stay out of trouble...
| Author | Frances Hardinge |
| ISBN | 0230763502 |
In Caverna, lies are an art — and everyone's an artist...
In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare. They create wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince...
| Author | Emma Steinkellner |
| ISBN | 1534431454 |
Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything!
Magic is harder than it looks.
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| Author | John Coy |
| ISBN | 0439697336 |
In his gripping debut novel, author John Coy presents the high stakes world of high school football, where doing what it takes to win doesn't always mean doing the right thing.
When Miles Manning, a successful high school football player, discovers his teammates are using steroids--and one...
| Author | Donna Freitas |
| ISBN | 0374314721 |
Seventeen-year-old Olivia Peters is absolutely over the moon when her literary idol, the celebrated novelist and much-adored local priest Mark D. Brendan, selects her from hundreds of other applicants as the winner of his writing contest. Not only is she invited to take his class at the local university;...
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
| Author | Yoko Kawashima Watkins |
| ISBN | 0688131158 |
Prequel to My Brother, My Sister, and I. Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean peninsula are suddenly in terrible danger; the Korean people want control...
| Author | Lois Sepahban |
| ISBN | 0374302162 |
A moving debut novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II—and the dog she has to leave behind.
Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack...
