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"An Abundance of Katherines"

Your kid finished An Abundance of Katherines. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.

The book they finished

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

A brainy, funny road trip about a former child prodigy learning that being special isn't the same as mattering

Kid 58 Parent 66 Teacher 67 Ages 14-17

8 books matched on the same reader profile

Each pick scored its match using the 30-dimension data we record on every book — interest hooks (e.g. epic worldbuilding, friendship arcs), character appeal, emotional core, tone, pacing. The "why it matches" line under each book tells you exactly why it should land.

1
Darius the Great Deserves Better

by Adib Khorram

Kid 63 Parent 70 Teacher 65 Ages 14-17
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Same tension source (identity crisis)
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2
The Black Flamingo

by Dean Atta

Kid 71 Parent 81 Teacher 77 Ages 14-17
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same tension source (identity crisis)
- • Shared humor: self deprecating
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3
Lu

by Jason Reynolds

Kid 67 Parent 66 Teacher 69 Ages 9-12
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Same tension source (identity crisis)
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4
Fence: Striking Distance

by Sarah Rees Brennan

Kid 68 Parent 73 Teacher 66 Ages 14-17
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
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5
Changers Book One: Drew

by T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper

Kid 73 Parent 63 Teacher 65 Ages 14-16
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same tension source (identity crisis)
- • Shared humor: self deprecating
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6
Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl

by Rachel Renée Russell

Kid 63 Parent 53 Teacher 50 Ages 9-11
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: self deprecating, situational
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7
The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Jenny Han

Kid 62 Parent 59 Teacher 56 Ages 13-16
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: self deprecating, situational
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8
The Henna Wars

by Adiba Jaigirdar

Kid 70 Parent 79 Teacher 75 Ages Ages 15-18
Why it matches "An Abundance of Katherine…"
- • Same genre (realistic fiction)
- • Both bittersweet in tone
- • Same tension source (identity crisis)
- • Shared humor: self deprecating
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How these matches are scored

We score every children's book on KidsBookCheck across 30 dimensions — kid-side (laugh-out-loud, plot twists, mental movie, heart-punch, character voice, etc.), parent-side (writing quality, moral reasoning, vocabulary, age-fit), and teacher-side (read-aloud power, discussion fuel, empathy building). Plus rich metadata: tone, pacing, emotional weight, interest hooks, character appeal, emotional core, tension source, humor style.

For every book, our profile-match algorithm finds others where the most heavily-weighted dimensions overlap. That's why these matches feel different from "readers also enjoyed" — we're matching by what hooks the same reader, not by who else bought it. More about our scoring →