Books like Blue Willow

Blue Willow by Doris Gates reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse · 1997

Shares the escape + vspare thread

71% genome match

Under the feet of Jesus

Helena María Viramontes · 1995

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Skylark

Patricia MacLachlan · 1994

Shares the escape + vspare thread

75% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the escape + vspare thread

74% genome match

Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan · 2000

Shares the escape thread

71% genome match

And Now Miguel

Joseph Krumgold · 1953

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Street Love

Walter Dean Myers · 2006

Shares the escape + vspare thread

72% genome match

Tex

S. E. Hinton · 1979

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Sounder

William Howard Armstrong · 1971

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Lyddie

Katherine Paterson · 1991

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

A Gathering of Days

Joan W. Blos · 1979

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Gap Creek

Robert Morgan · 1999

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match