Books like The land
The land by Mildred D. Taylor reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2012
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
79% genome match
One crazy summer
Rita Williams-Garcia · 2010
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
74% genome match
All the days past, all the days to come
Mildred D. Taylor · 2020
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
73% genome match
Journey to Jo'burg
Beverley Naidoo · 1985
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
My father, Sun-Sun Johnson
C. Everard Palmer · 1974
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Tyrell
Coe Booth · 2007
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson · 1994
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Lawn boy
Jonathan Evison · 2018
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
An Island Like You
Judith Ortiz Cofer · 1995
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
145th Street
Walter Dean Myers · 2000
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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