The Faint of Heart
Read-Alikes
** These books are all available in the CRLS library or through Sora! **
Interested in popular graphic novels? Try these:
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Nimona by ND Stevenson
Maus by Art Spiegelman
(not on Sora - check the library!)
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
If you want to read a similar dystopian story, check these out:
If you want a novel with similar themes of loneliness and connection, you might like:
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
If you want to WATCH a tv show or movie with similar themes, you might check out:
Wish (Disney, rated G)
Inside Out (Disney, rated G)
Wonder (Amazon Prime, rated PG)
Heartstopper (Netflix, rated TV-14)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(Amazon Prime, rated R)
(Apple TV+, rated TV-MA)
(Peacock, rated TV-MA)
Black Mirror: "White Christmas"
(Netflix, rated TV-MA)
If you want to read the other One School, One Story finalists, they are:
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
Messy Roots by Laura Gao
Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile