Books like The Way I Used To Be
The Way I Used To Be by Amber Smith reads as raw, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999
Shares the vspare thread
93% genome match
Hard love
Ellen Wittlinger · 1999
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow · 2000
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Small steps
Louis Sachar · 2006
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
70% genome match
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli · 2003
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Daja's book
Tamora Pierce · 1998
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Burned
Ellen Hopkins · 2006
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
If I Was Your Girl
Meredith Russo · 2016
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
The five stages of Andrew Brawley
Shaun David Hutchinson · 2015
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Cay
Theodore Taylor · 1969
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Melissa
Alex Gino · 2015
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter · 1953
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
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