Books like Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

Searching for Shona

Margaret Jean Anderson · 1978

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the history + vspare thread

73% genome match

Messenger

Lois Lowry

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Addy's Surprise

Connie Rose Porter · 1993

Shares the history + vspare thread

74% genome match

Mieko and the fifth treasure

Eleanor Coerr · 1993

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

A small free kiss in the dark

Glenda Millard · 2009

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

Pale horse, pale rider

Katherine Anne Porter · 1939

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

Journey to Topaz

Yoshiko Uchida · 1971

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai · 2011

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match

Under the blood-red sun

Graham Salisbury · 1994

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The breadwinner

Nora Twomey · 2001

Shares the history + vspare thread

69% genome match