Books like My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier reads as somber, tragic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The perilous road
William O. Steele · 1958
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74% genome match
The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis · 2000
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72% genome match
A Gathering of Days
Joan W. Blos · 1979
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70% genome match
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
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69% genome match
Sounder
William Howard Armstrong · 1971
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69% genome match
Tree by leaf
Cynthia Voigt · 1988
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69% genome match
A Light in the Storm
Karen Hesse · 1999
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69% genome match
And Now Miguel
Joseph Krumgold · 1953
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69% genome match
Lyddie
Katherine Paterson · 1991
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69% genome match
Lot
Bryan Washington
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69% genome match
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney · 2017
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69% genome match
Sisters/Hermanas
Gary Paulsen · 1993
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69% genome match
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