Books like Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli reads as adventurous, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli · 2007
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy
Gary D. Schmidt · 1999
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Dream Wheels
Richard Wagamese · 2006
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1922
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman · 2020
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Loveless
Alice Oseman
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree · 2022
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Castle Waiting
Linda Medley · 1996
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
It's Like This, Cat
Emily Cheney Neville · 1992
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
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