Books like Journey to Topaz

Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Under the blood-red sun

Graham Salisbury · 1994

Shares the escape + vspare thread

84% genome match

The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015

Shares the escape + vspare thread

75% genome match

Letters from Rifka

Karen Hesse · 1992

Shares the escape thread

84% genome match

Searching for Shona

Margaret Jean Anderson · 1978

Shares the escape + vspare thread

76% genome match

The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 1969

Shares the escape + vspare thread

80% genome match

Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai · 2011

Shares the escape + vspare thread

77% genome match

Daniel's story

Carol Matas · 1993

Shares the escape thread

75% genome match

The Giver

Lois Lowry · 1993

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Baseball Saved Us

Ken Mochizuki · 1993

Shares the escape thread

78% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the escape + vspare thread

75% genome match

Journey home

Yoshiko Uchida · 1978

Shares the escape thread

78% genome match

When my name was Keoko

Linda Sue Park · 2002

Shares the escape + vspare thread

76% genome match