Books like Speak
If you liked Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Better than the Movies
Because shares tags: young adult, contemporary, coming of age.
A rom com obsessed senior hires her annoying next door neighbor to win her crush, then finds real love is messier and kinder than any movie…
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Anna and the French Kiss
Because shares tags: young adult, contemporary, coming of age.
Anna Oliphant is sent to Paris boarding school and falls for Etienne while misreading Bridget and Matt.
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The Fault in Our Stars
Because shares tags: young adult, contemporary, coming of age.
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars: Hazel and Augustus in Amsterdam, the unfinished manuscript, and how the novel handles illness, humor,…
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She's Come Undone
Because shares tags: trauma, coming of age.
Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.
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P.S. I Still Love You
Because shares tags: young adult, school.
Lara Jean juggles Peter, a video scandal, and a letter from an old crush.
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My Dark Vanessa
Because shares tags: coming of age, trauma.
Vanessa recalls teacher Strane abuse as adult reckoning looms.
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Poppy and Rune bind promise jar kisses before illness parts them.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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Hatchet
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
A plane crash leaves thirteen-year-old Brian alone in the Canadian wild with only a hatchet.
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Credence
Because shares tags: contemporary, coming of age.
An orphaned teen spends a mountain winter with her guardian and his two sons, and lines blur.
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We'll Always Have Summer
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Belly must choose between Conrad and Jeremiah after two years with Jeremiah and a wedding plan at Cousins.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.
Closeted Simon Spier trades emails with Blue while Martin blackmails him over Abby and the school musical nears.
