Books like The homework Machine
The homework Machine by Dan Gutman reads as engaging, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
I Want to Go Home!
Gordon Korman · 1981
Both explore friendship
57% genome match
The Great Greene Heist
Varian Johnson · 2014
Both explore friendship & school
68% genome match
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead · 2009
Both explore friendship
64% genome match
Holes
Louis Sachar
Both explore friendship
83% genome match
Silent to the bone
E. L. Konigsburg · 2000
Both explore friendship
62% genome match
The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt · 2007
Both explore school & friendship
60% genome match
My Teacher Is an Alien
Bruce Coville · 1989
Both explore friendship
58% genome match
Trash
Andy Mulligan · 2010
Both explore friendship
59% genome match
Crash
Jerry Spinelli · 1996
Both explore friendship
54% genome match
Unsouled
Neal Shusterman · 2013
Both explore technology & ethics
73% genome match
Al Capone does my shirts
Gennifer Choldenko · 2004
Both explore friendship
54% genome match
Freak the Mighty
W. R. Philbrick · 1989
Both explore friendship
54% genome match
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