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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

Sign Here by Claudia Lux

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

2.0

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Have you ever read a book with so many editing errors — above and beyond simple grammar errors — that it ruined your enjoyment of the story? White Horse suffers from a lack of true editing. What could have been a spellbinding ride became bloated and confusing. Thankfully, the characters and the culture were interesting enough to keep this from being a hate-reading-session.

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

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hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.0

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

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5.0

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

“The world was filling with ghosts. We were a haunted country in a haunted world.”

Tookie, who sells books after years of incarceration she only survived by reading, must solve the mystery of why the bookstore’s most annoying (now dead) customer is haunting her while trying to survive Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, and furious reckoning.*

But Tookie isn't the only one haunted. The primarily-NDN cast is fleshed out, realistic. Each one has flaws and must address them. Each one is haunted by something. The characters drive the plot at just the right pace to reflect on several social problems without becoming props.

Erdrich's spare prose belies a complex narrative that works on a myriad of levels. Even if you miss references to mythology or other books, it will not affect the captivating story.

Perfect for readers who want a story: