The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away
10 best books like The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away (Frances O'Roark Dowell): Wish, Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection, The Melting of Maggie Bean, Something to Hold, Jumping the Nail, One Tough Chick, Me, In Between, Class Favorite, Dumped by Popular Demand, Anna Was Here
| Author | Joseph Monninger |
| ISBN | 0385739419 |
Bee’s brother, Tommy, knows everything there is to know about sharks. He also knows that his life will be cut short by cystic fibrosis. And so does Bee.
That’s why she wants to make his wish-foundation-sponsored trip to swim with a great white shark an unforgettable memory.
But...
| Author | Megan McCafferty |
| ISBN | 0316244996 |
Move over, Dork Diaries! Jessica Darling, star of Megan McCafferty's bestselling Jessica Darling series for adults, is back in a hilarious new series perfect for tween (10 to 14) girls.
I hadn't even gotten to homeroom yet and I'd already discovered five hard truths about junior high:
1....
| Author | Tricia Rayburn |
| ISBN | 1416933484 |
Maggie Bean is a top student, a loyal friend, and has a great sense of humor. But the past year's been kind of rough, what with her dad losing his job and her loads of schoolwork. Maggie's learned to cope by eating chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. So much so, that Maggie is dragged by her aunt to weekly...
| Author | Katherine Schlick Noe |
| ISBN | 0547558139 |
Can a white girl feel at home on an Indian reservation?
Based on the author’s childhood experience in the early 1960s, this novel centers on Kitty, whose father is a government forester at Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon. Kitty is one of only two white kids in her class, and the Indian kids...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152413588 |
At seventeen, Dru gets involved with the latest high school stunt-leaping between deadly cliffs into the ocean far below. Things get out of hand as manipulative relationships and resulting jealousies cause more students to risk their lives. “It’s Bunting’s acknowledgment of the allure of...
| Author | Leslie Margolis |
| ISBN | 1599909618 |
Annabelle has tamed the wild boys, mastered the social hierarchy of catty mean girls, and bugged out over her first school dance. But now it's time for the school talent show. Annabelle's been asked to be a judge. Which is perfect . . . until her friends accuse Annabelle of playing favorites because her...
| Author | Lauren Baratz-Logsted |
| ISBN | 1416950680 |
Lacey Underhill has what her Dutch grandmother refers to as luxe problemen: luxury problems. But Lacey's problems are very real and they are exactly two: her breasts. Twelve years old and in eighth grade, Lacey has developed faster than everyone else around her. The other girls -- even her own best...
| Author | Taylor Morris |
| ISBN | 1416935983 |
It all started three days after I officially became a woman -- the message of mass destruction arrived. It was February 14, to be exact. Happy Valentine's Day.
Sara Thurman has never considered herself part of the popular crowd - she's got her best friend Arlene and that seems like enough. But...
| Author | P.G. Kain |
| ISBN | 1416935193 |
Dorie Dilts is about to move from California to New Jersey, and instead of seeing this as the worst thing to happen to her in her 13 years, Dorie sees this as a great opportunity--an opportunity to reinvent herself as one of the popular crowd, that is. When she arrives at her new school, she immediately sets...
| Author | Jane Kurtz |
| ISBN | 0060564938 |
Ten-year-old Anna Nickel is moving from Colorado to Kansas, and she is not happy about leaving her friends behind! This is a moving, often humorous coming-of-age story about family, faith, God's love, and the meaning of home, perfect for fans of Katherine Paterson and The Penderwicks.
Ten-year-old...
| Author | Douglas Rees |
| ISBN | 0373210175 |
My name is Kestrel.
Kestrel Murphy.
Never call me Susan.
Who ever heard of a witch named Susan?
A year ago, I was on the white-magic side. Lately, I've been leaning toward the black. I blame the universe. What's the point in being a nice little white witch in the universe...
| Author | Rachel Cohn |
| ISBN | 1416916512 |
I chose to read this book because I was looking for a good fun read, and the librarian told me this was a great, girly book that I would enjoy.
In this book, we got to meet two sisters named Annabel and Lucy who live in different states from each other. When Annabel finds out she has to spend her summer with...
| Author | Lauren Barnholdt |
| ISBN | 1416980199 |
Devon Delaney cannot believe she's lying again. But the thing is, she couldn't help it. Her new boyfriend, Luke, is talking to his (gorgeous) ex-girlfriend, Bailey Barelli, every single day in mock trial. Devon couldn't just stand by and let him find out that she'd never dated anyone else before. Could...
| Author | Barbara Dee |
| ISBN | 1416961283 |
Zoe Bennett feels lost at her fancy private school.
She's not the star drama queen like her sister, or a brainiac math genius like her brother. Luckily her best friend, Dara, is just as content as Zoe is to stay in the shadows -- or is she? When Dara gets a part in the school musical, Zoe feels...
| Author | Meg Haston |
| ISBN | 0316068268 |
In How To Rock Break-Ups and Make-ups Kacey joined a band. From the previous book she had met a guy named Zander. Molly had been with Zander but had recently broke up with him. As Kacey is in the band she begins to like Zander more and more. He soon tells her that he has a surprise for her. When he gives her the...
| Author | Hilary McKay |
| ISBN | 0340931116 |
This book rocked. It's a toss-up if I liked this better than Saffy's Angel. That I can even consider the comparison should give you an idea of how very much I enjoyed the book. It even had some great laugh-out-loud moments and excellent hijinks that reminded me so strongly of that first adventure.
I...
| Author | Monique Roffey |
| ISBN | 0743220633 |
August Chalmin feels the weather like no one else.
A large awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, August hides himself away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. One winter's day two things change his life forever: his mother's ex-lover Cosmo shambles back into...
| Author | Alexa Young |
| ISBN | 0061175617 |
What happens when two besties become full-blown worsties?
Avalon Greene rules the fashion scene at her sunny SoCal middle school with a diamond-clad fist, calling out classmates for their fashion-do's and most unfortunate clothes-pas. She's determined to host the social event of the season—a...
| Author | Rosanne Parry |
| ISBN | 0375961968 |
The author of Heart of a Shepherd offers another sensitive portrayal of military families, this time stationed abroad, in the city of Berlin at that historic time just after the Wall came down.
When 13-year-old Jody and her friends save a badly beaten Russian soldier from drowning, they put...
| Author | Sarah Ellis |
| ISBN | 1554983673 |
Lynn’s life is full — choir practice, school, shopping for the perfect jeans, and dealing with her free-spirited mother. Then one day her life is saved by a mysterious girl named Blossom, who introduces Lynn to her own world and family — both more bizarre, yet somehow more sane, than Lynn’s own.
Blossom’s...
