Multiple Narrators in Children's Fiction

Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard

• Pub Date: 2006
• Grades 3-5 interest
• See also: Multiple Narrators 
• Two girls, one a refugee from Kosovo, take turns narrating this friendship story. 

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

• Pub Date: 2007
• Grades 3-5 interest
• See also: Competition 
• Siblings Evan and Jessie alternate perspective of their competition to make the most money selling lemonade.

Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson

• Pub Date 2016
• Grades 3-6 interest 
• See also: Teachers 
• Three boys attempt to provide their very sick teacher with one perfect day. 

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

• Pub Date 2016
• Grades 3-6 interest 
• See also: Moving/New Kid 
• Ravi and Joe each narrate their first week of fifth grade. 

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-7 interest
• Diversity: Tourette Syndrome, Chinese-American characters
• See also: In Verse, Moving/New Kid

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

• Pub Date: 2000
• Grades 5-8 interest 
• Two kids narrate their trip across the Atlantic 

The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat

• Pub Date: 2006
• Grades 5-8 interest 
• Many people give their perspectives in this fairy tale-esque story.

Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 5-8 interest
• See also: Moving/New Kid
• Both Lily and Dunkin long for a fresh start in eighth grade. 

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko

• Pub Date: 2007 
• Middle school interest 
• See also in Teen Fic: Mother-Daughter Relationship
• Kirsten is having a run-in with the queen bee at her school, and her mom just doesn't get it. 

Forest World by Margarita Engle

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-7 interest 
• See also: In verse

Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Disabilities 
• Valencia (who is deaf) and Virgil become friends through a series of coincidences. 

You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Divorce 
• Ben's parents tell him they are getting divorced, and Charlotte's dad is in the hospital. 

Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

• Pub Date: 2021
• Grades 5-8 interest
• Cora and Quinn narrate alternate chapters as they try to reconcile their friendship and fix the past.