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Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison by Nell Bernstein

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion

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adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella

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hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Susan Devan Harness

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emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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