Books like Maroo of the Winter Caves

Maroo of the Winter Caves by Ann Turnbull reads as stark, adventurous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Woods Runner

Gary Paulsen · 2010

Shares the escape thread

77% genome match

Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles)

Laurence Yep · 1993

Shares the escape thread

75% genome match

The Porcupine Year

Louise Erdrich · 2008

Shares the escape thread

75% genome match

Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition

Farley Mowat · 1956

Shares the escape thread

83% genome match

A Light in the Storm

Karen Hesse · 1999

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 1969

Shares the escape thread

79% genome match

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier · 1956

Shares the escape thread

76% genome match

Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George · 1972

Both explore survival & nature

76% genome match

City of Orphans

Avi · 2011

Shares the escape thread

77% genome match

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys · 1999

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Silverwing

Kenneth Oppel · 1997

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea

Michael Morpurgo · 2006

Shares the escape thread

77% genome match