Books like Homeless bird
Homeless bird by Gloria Whelan reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
When my name was Keoko
Linda Sue Park · 2002
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis · 2000
Shares the escape + vspare thread
83% genome match
Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate · 2015
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Hundred Dresses
Eleanor Estes · 1944
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69% genome match
Addy's Surprise
Connie Rose Porter · 1993
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
Skylark
Patricia MacLachlan · 1994
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
Lyddie
Katherine Paterson · 1991
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
Sing to the dawn
Minfong Ho · 1975
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
Ellen Foster
Kaye Gibbons · 1987
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
Tex
S. E. Hinton · 1979
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Cay
Theodore Taylor · 1969
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
Under the blood-red sun
Graham Salisbury · 1994
Shares the escape + vspare thread
69% genome match
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