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By Hazel, Age 10 Best Friends by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham made me feel like I was finally seen. This book was written about Shannon’s childhood. She dealt with anxiety and felt like talking with her friends was a minefield. One wrong step and the friendship would blow up. She always tried to say…

By Pahel, Age 11 Last year, author Aisha Saeed came to my school to discuss window and mirror books. All my life, I’ve felt like I’ve been reading window books. Sure, the characters shared some characteristics with me, but I’ve never truly felt like I saw myself spun into the thread of a story before.…

By Ayaana, Age 11 Over the Moon is a novel that shows courage and kindness. This book is about a girl named Mallie and how she wants to be a hero to her brother and her parents. Mallie has to be a maid at the Tumbrel’s house to earn feathersworth for her family. One day,…

By Vihaan, Age 8 The book that made me feel finally seen is Loser’s Club because some people call me a loser for my ideas. Also, I have gotten into fights and sometimes I get bullied. I can connect to Alec, when people call him a loser because of his book club and when he…

By Rachel, Age 10 I connect with the book, Prairie Lotus. Prairie Lotus is about a girl Hanna who is determined to become a dressmaker for her father’s dress shop no matter what it takes. Hanna is successful and works hard in school, and at least wants to make one new friend. Hanna immigrated from…

By James, Age 10 Because of many stories, I have felt finally seen, but Room to Dream takes the cake. This is a great story that I can relate to, because it is about Mia going to China to visit her parents, and she has to come through a lot of differences and obstacles so…

By Tanisha, Age 10 In all the books I read, there’s usually an American main character. With the book Nina Soni, Former Best Friend it’s actually about an Indian girl, who pretty much lives the same life as me. She’s got Indian parents, a pretty hard time with friends and feels like a clumsy mess…

By Abby, Age 11 If there was one book that I had to choose that I related to, it would definitely be, Guts by Raina Telgemeier. I would choose that book because I felt the same way as Raina when I got sick. I used to cry every time I threw up for no reason.…

By Edom, Age 11 The book that I think I relate to the most is Last Gate of the Emperor. I think I relate to this book the most, because the main character of this book, Yared Heywat is a lot like me. First, he is Ethiopian, just like me. He has the same personality…

By Irene, Age 11 My name is Irene, age 11, and I feel like I am connected to the series, Wondrous Society by Jessica Townsend. Even though it is a fiction book, I feel connected to the main character, Morrigan Crow. Morrigan is a girl with strange powers and her parents, father and step-mother, never…