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Book Group Reads - RapunzelReads
Book Group Reads - RapunzelReads
We've taken part in book groups over the years, or read books that we really wanted to talk about when we were done. So we decided to start building a list of some of the books we think are best suited to thoughtful discussion. If you are looking for something to read with friends, check out our list - and, as ever, please feel free to send us ideas of your own!

  • The War that Saved My Life and Jefferson's Sons, both by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
  • Pax by Sara Pennypacker
  • A Mango-Shaped Space ​by Wendy Mass
  • ​George​ by Alex Gino 
  • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
  • The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
  • Brown Girl Dreaming and Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
  • Breakout by Kate Messner
  • Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
  • Inside Out & Back Again  by Thanhha Lai
  • Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
  • Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
  • Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
  • Ban this Book and Refugee by Alan Gratz
  • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
  • Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
  • The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
  • Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
  • Ghost by Jason Reynolds
  • Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
  • Words in the Dust ​by Trent Reedy
  • The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
  • Maybe He Just Likes You ​by Barbara Dee
  • To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
  • The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
  • The Shape of Thunder ​by Jasmine Warga
  • Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Young Adult (Ages 13/14+)
  • 1984 by George Orwell (ages 14+)
  • The Hate U Give and On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (ages 14+)
  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (ages 14+)

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