Books like Milkweed
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli reads as poignant, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Once
Morris Gleitzman · 2005
Shares the vspare thread
83% genome match
Invitation to the game
Monica Hughes · 1990
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Damals war es Friedrich
Hans Peter Richter · 1963
Shares the vspare thread
82% genome match
They Went Left
Monica Hesse · 2020
Shares the vspare thread
81% genome match
Searching for Shona
Margaret Jean Anderson · 1978
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
72% genome match
Good-bye Marianne
Irene N. Watts · 1995
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
82% genome match
War brothers
Sharon E. McKay · 2008
Shares the vspare thread
82% genome match
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton · 1967
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
What do fish have to do with anything? and other stories
Avi · 1997
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Behind the bedroom wall
Laura E. Williams · 1996
Shares the vspare thread
75% genome match
"Master Harold"-- and the boys
Athol Fugard · 1982
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
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