Books like So Far From Home

So Far From Home by Barry Denenberg reads as hopeful, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Both explore family

83% genome match

Under the hawthorn tree

Marita Conlon-McKenna · 1990

Both explore family & poverty

67% genome match

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff · 2002

Both explore family

55% genome match

Letters from Rifka

Karen Hesse · 1992

Both explore immigration & family

83% genome match

The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes · 1944

Both explore poverty

61% genome match

Lyddie

Katherine Paterson · 1991

Both explore poverty

64% genome match

The War I Finally Won

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2017

Both explore family

61% genome match

A single shard

Linda Sue Park · 2001

Both explore poverty

60% genome match

Sing to the dawn

Minfong Ho · 1975

Both explore poverty & family

62% genome match

The Wall

Eve Bunting · 1990

Both explore family

62% genome match

Journey

Patricia MacLachlan · 1990

Both explore family

61% genome match

The Tiger Rising

Kate DiCamillo · 2001

Both explore poverty

57% genome match