[ISLMA-Share] "We Are All Made of Molecules" readalikes

Fri Dec 2 10:06:15 CST 2016

I just did a "read alike" search on NoveList.  This is what they suggested:

Read-alikes
1.   Zero fade
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Terry, Chris L.
*Reason: * Funny and authentic, both heartfelt stories about teen guys will
strike a chord with any reader coping with family, peer pressure, and
insecurity. Both include multiple points of view; Zero Fade takes place in
the 1990s. -- Kathy Stewart
2.   See you at Harry's
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Knowles, Johanna, 1970-
*Reason: * Readers will care deeply about the characters facing big issues
in each of these poignant stories. Told from multiple perspectives,
Molecules takes a more humorous approach, while Harry's is bleaker; both
explore what it means to be a family. -- Kathy Stewart
3.   Dough Boy
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Marino, Peter, 1960-
*Reason: * Each of these funny, yet often heart-wrenching, stories provides
insight into the changes brought by newly blended families. In both,
picked-upon guys have their school and home worlds invaded by the
attractive and popular daughters of their dads' girlfriends. -- Kathy
Stewart
4.   Along for the ride
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Dessen, Sarah
*Reason: * These books are Engaging and Character-driven, and they share:
the genre 'Realistic fiction' and the subjects 'Children of divorced
parents' and 'Teenagers'.
5.   13 little blue envelopes
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Johnson, Maureen, 1973-
*Reason: * These books are Engaging and Character-driven, and they share:
the genre 'Realistic fiction' and the subject 'Loss (Psychology)'.
6.   Honey, baby, sweetheart
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Caletti, Deb
*Reason: * These books are Engaging and Character-driven, and they share:
the genre 'Realistic fiction' and the subject 'Children of divorced
parents'.
7.   Hard love
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Wittlinger, Ellen
*Reason: * These books are Engaging and Character-driven, and they share:
the genre 'Realistic fiction' and the subject 'Children of divorced
parents'.
8.   Hold still
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Lacour, Nina
*Reason: * These books are Engaging and Character-driven, and they share:
the genre 'Realistic fiction' and the subject 'Loss (Psychology)'.
9.   The lost & found
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Leno, Katrina
*Reason: * These books are Character-driven, and they share: the genre
'Realistic fiction' and the subjects 'Loss (Psychology)' and 'Teenagers'.
Characters are: Quirky.

Shannon Hayes
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Grade 6-8 Gifted Specialist
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> *We are Still Tornadoes* by Kun and Mullen, although these kids are older
> (just out of High School.)  Here's my review: https://
> annettesbookspot.blogspot.com/2016/11/book-review-we-are-
> still-tornadoes-by.html
>
> And, *Eleanor and Park* and *Fangirl* by Rainbow Rowell.
>
>
> Annette Mills
>
> School Librarian
>
> Triad High School
>
> 703 E. Highway 40
>
> Troy, IL 62294
>
> annette.mills at tcusd2.org
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> (618)667-5409x7120
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> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> "We Are All Made of Molecules” is the most popular book at my school (in
>> 7th/8th grade, anyway). It is universally beloved. At least once a week a
>> kid tells me that it is the first book they have ever liked. (Seriously.)
>> So they constantly ask me for readalikes…and I just can’t come up with
>> anything quite like it.
>>
>> Here’s what kids like about it:
>> - Mix of funny and serious (funny is the really important thing, I think)
>> - Deals with “real stuff” (GLBTQ, social media, family/friendship,
>> school, bullying) but not in a heavy-handed way
>> - Two narrators (boy and girl)
>>
>> Any ideas? FWIW, the kids who are so inclined have already read
>> everything by Jordan Sonnenblick :)
>>
>> Feel free to send off-list: acrowley at northbrook28.net<mailto:
>> acrowley at northbrook28.net>
>>
>> Amanda Crowley
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Northbrook Junior High School
>> acrowley at northbrook28.net<mailto:acrowley at northbrook28.net>
>> (847) 504-3540
>>
>> "A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up
>> fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out
>> into the expanding universe."
>> ― Madeleine L’Engle, from her Newbery Award acceptance speech for A
>> Wrinkle in Time (1963)
>>
>>
>>
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>> 1/12/2016
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