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Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Dogtown by Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

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adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

The Book of General Ignorance by Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, Alan Davies, John Mitchinson

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informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
I read a lot of non-fiction and this is written so poorly. You can have as many graphs and references to research, but correlation does not imply causation. Also the transphobic part is gross.
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Gregory Mone, Daniel James Brown

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0