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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein reads as tense, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys · 2016
Shares the vspare thread
83% genome match
Orphan Monster Spy
Matt Killeen · 2018
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69% genome match
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne · 2007
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69% genome match
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli · 2003
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69% genome match
Once
Morris Gleitzman · 2005
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69% genome match
Butterfly Yellow
Thanhha Lai · 2019
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69% genome match
They Went Left
Monica Hesse · 2020
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69% genome match
When my name was Keoko
Linda Sue Park · 2002
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69% genome match
White Rose
Kip Wilson · 2019
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Projekt 1065
Alan Gratz · 2016
Both explore espionage & bravery
65% genome match
All the Truth That's in Me
Julie Berry · 2013
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69% genome match
The dead I know
Scot Gardner · 2011
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
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