Books like Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes reads as immersive, inspirational. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Crispin--The Cross of Lead
Avi · 2002
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
World's Fair
E. L. Doctorow · 1985
Shares the history + comingofage thread
79% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the history + comingofage thread
69% genome match
One of Ours
Willa Cather · 2022
Shares the history + comingofage thread
86% genome match
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
Shares the comingofage thread
73% genome match
Isabel
Carolyn Meyer · 2000
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King
Shares the history + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Good-bye Marianne
Irene N. Watts · 1995
Shares the history + comingofage thread
70% genome match
Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson · 2008
Shares the history thread
69% genome match
Heart of a samurai
Margi Preus · 2010
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Matchlock Gun
Walter D. Edmonds · 1998
Shares the history thread
75% genome match
Saints
Gene Luen Yang
Shares the history thread
77% genome match
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