Books like Call It Courage

Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry reads as inspiring, tense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

Crabbe's journey

Bell, William · 1986

Shares the comingofage thread

77% genome match

Crabbe

William Bell · 1986

Shares the comingofage thread

70% genome match

Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition

Farley Mowat · 1956

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

69% genome match

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen · 2004

Both explore survival & coming-of-age

65% genome match

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

Crispin--The Cross of Lead

Avi · 2002

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Wanderer

Sharon Creech · 2000

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Canyon winter

Walt Morey · 1972

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

A girl named Disaster

Nancy Farmer · 1996

Shares the quest thread

71% genome match

Heart of a samurai

Margi Preus · 2010

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Banner in the Sky

James Ramsey Ullman · 1954

Both explore courage & coming-of-age

70% genome match