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Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Then cover
Then
Morris Gleitzman · 2008
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75% genome match
Pax cover
Pax
Sara Pennypacker · 2016
Shares the vspare thread
71% genome match
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas cover
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne · 2007
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69% genome match
Damals war es Friedrich cover
Damals war es Friedrich
Hans Peter Richter · 1963
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69% genome match
A small free kiss in the dark cover
A small free kiss in the dark
Glenda Millard · 2009
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69% genome match
The Wild Robot cover
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown · 2016
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69% genome match
The Breadwinner cover
The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis · 2000
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83% genome match
Crenshaw cover
Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate · 2015
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69% genome match
Salt to the Sea cover
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys · 2016
Shares the vspare thread
74% genome match
The Crossing cover
The Crossing
Gary Paulsen · 1987
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75% genome match
Under the Broken Sky cover
Under the Broken Sky
Mariko Nagai · 2019
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79% genome match
They Went Left cover
They Went Left
Monica Hesse · 2020
Shares the vspare thread
76% genome match

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