Books like One crazy summer

One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia reads as hopeful, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The land

Mildred D. Taylor · 1999

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

75% genome match

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis · 2001

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

An Island Like You

Judith Ortiz Cofer · 1995

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Ruby

Rosa Guy · 1976

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Tyrell

Coe Booth · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Does Your Mama Know?

Lisa C. Moore · 1997

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Have you seen Zandile?

Gcina Mhlophe · 1988

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

145th Street

Walter Dean Myers · 2000

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Drown

Junot Díaz

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Crumbs from the table of joy

Lynn Nottage · 1998

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

70% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match