10 Top realistic fiction books like Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Cover of Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best…

"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Solo

By: Kwame Alexander , Mary Rand Hess

3.94

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

When the heart gets lost, let the music find you. Blade never asked for a life of the rich and f… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Solo book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Life is a mountain, Youngblood. Nobody said the climb was gonna be easy. You gotta choose your route. Get your gear. Breathe. Clear your mind. And enjoy the journey"

-Kwame Alexander, Solo

"The heart is a small and lonesome place she is a country her eyes hold the river I used to swim her skin, the morning fruit I touched and tasted the heart is a small and lonesome place she is a count…"

-Kwame Alexander, Solo

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2. The Ghosts of Heaven

By: Marcus Sedgwick

1.00

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A bold, genre-bending epic that chronicles madness, obsession, and creation, from the Paleolithic e… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Sedgwick's The Ghosts of Heaven book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • fiction
  • young adult

3. Black Movie

By: Danez Smith

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Poetry. African American Studies. These harrowing poems make montage, make mirrors, make elegiac bi… read more

Similar categories in Danez Smith's Black Movie book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

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4. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
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5. Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Punching the Air book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"They believed those lies about me and made themselves a whole other boy in their minds and replaced me with him"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

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6. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

Cover of Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo

7. Inheritance: A Visual Poem

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Inheritance: A Visual Poem book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
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8. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's Three Things I Know Are True book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

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10. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Turtle Under Ice

By: Juleah del Rosario

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious dis… read more

Similar categories in Juleah del Rosario's Turtle Under Ice book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

12. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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13. The New David Espinoza

By: Fred Aceves

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This story from the acclaimed author of The Closest I’ve Come unflinchingly examines steroid abuse … read more

Similar categories in Fred Aceves's The New David Espinoza book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

14. Home Is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Home Is Not a Country book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur

15. Wearing My Mother's Heart

By: Sophia Thakur

3.97

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful new collection of poems about what i… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Thakur's Wearing My Mother's Heart book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • audiobook
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16. Every Body Looking

By: Candice Iloh

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Every Body Looking is a debut novel in verse tells the story of Ada--daughter of an immigrant fathe… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Every Body Looking book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. We Belong

By: Cookie Hiponia

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse, that weaves an immigrant story together with Philippine mythology. Stella and … read more

Similar categories in Cookie Hiponia's We Belong book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Say Her Name

By: Zetta Elliott

4.34

Format: 90 pages, None

For ages 12 and up. Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Fo… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Say Her Name book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

19. Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • sports
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

Cover of I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection (Celebrate Black Voices During National Poetry Month) by Martina McGowan

20. I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection (Celebrate Black Voices During National Poetry Month)

By: Martina McGowan

4.33

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

I am The Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpo… read more

Similar categories in Martina McGowan's I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection (Celebrate Black Voices During National Poetry Month) book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • poetry
  • african american
  • contemporary
Cover of Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) by Amyra Leon

21. Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective)

By: Amyra Leon

4.39

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Concrete Kids, playwright, musician, and educator Amyra León uses free verse to challenge us to… read more

Similar categories in Amyra Leon's Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) book and Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • african american
  • contemporary

14 Best fiction books like Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Transform Your Habits

Solo

Kwame Alexander , Mary Rand Hess

3.94

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The Ghosts of Heaven

Marcus Sedgwick

1.00

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Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Me: Moth

Amber McBride

4.07

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Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Kwame Alexander

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

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Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

4.61

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Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

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