Books like I Want to Go Home!

I Want to Go Home! by Gordon Korman reads as humorous, mischievous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

Judy Blume · 1972

Shares the comingofage thread

77% genome match

Who is Bugs Potter?

Gordon Korman · 1980

Shares the comingofage thread

79% genome match

My Teacher Is an Alien

Bruce Coville · 1989

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Sammy Carducci's guide to women

Ronald Kidd · 1991

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt · 2007

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn

Ann M. Martin · 1988

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Almost Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 2008

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Bat in Bunk Five

Paula Danziger · 1980

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate

Ellen Conford · 1975

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set

Rick Riordan · 2009

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match