Books like Bound for Oregon

Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen reads as adventurous, determined. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Sarah, plain and tall

Patricia MacLachlan · 1985

Both explore family

83% genome match

The Cabin Faced West

Jean Fritz · 1958

Both explore pioneer life & family

66% genome match

Riding Freedom

Pam Muñoz Ryan · 1998

Both explore perseverance

62% genome match

Meet Addy

Connie Rose Porter · 1993

Both explore family

60% genome match

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937

Both explore pioneer life & family

63% genome match

Caddie Woodlawn

Carol Ryrie Brink · 1935

Both explore family

83% genome match

Calico bush

Rachel Field · 1931

Both explore pioneer life

61% genome match

Amos Fortune, free man

Elizabeth Yates · 1950

Both explore perseverance

59% genome match

The Matchlock Gun

Walter D. Edmonds · 1998

Both explore family & survival

60% genome match

The King's Daughter

Suzanne Martel · 1974

Both explore survival & family

66% genome match

Lyddie

Katherine Paterson · 1991

Same ya feel

57% genome match

The birchbark house

Louise Erdrich · 1999

Both explore family & survival

55% genome match