Something about an adult losing/earning the respect of a child– Maybe a step-parent joining a family, or a reluctant uncle, or maybe a kid goes to a border school…or a parent struggling to be a parent, or a kid struggling to be a kid by chimara57 Related: Novels w/ adult audience but children as protagonist? Engaging short nonfiction to help me get back to the genre Wishtree or Odder? What Classic Books are absolute must reads? History books on China ,Korea and Japan