Books like The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini · 2007
Shares the history + escape thread
69% genome match
The clay marble
Minfong Ho · 1991
Shares the escape + history thread
83% genome match
The war that Saved my Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015
Shares the escape + history thread
76% genome match
The Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier · 1956
Shares the escape + history thread
79% genome match
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys · 1999
Shares the escape + history thread
79% genome match
Woods Runner
Gary Paulsen · 2010
Shares the escape + history thread
75% genome match
Under the Broken Sky
Mariko Nagai · 2019
Shares the escape + history thread
79% genome match
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee · 2017
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
Addy's Surprise
Connie Rose Porter · 1993
Shares the escape + history thread
73% genome match
Good-bye Marianne
Irene N. Watts · 1995
Shares the escape + history thread
77% genome match
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai · 2011
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
War brothers
Sharon E. McKay · 2008
Shares the history + vspare thread
77% genome match
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