Books like The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman reads as adventurous, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Crispin--The Cross of Lead
Avi · 2002
Shares the comingofage thread
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Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2001
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The Reivers
William Faulkner
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This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger · 2016
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling · 1999
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Seventeen
Booth Tarkington · 1915
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set
Rick Riordan · 2009
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Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes
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The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
Cressida Cowell · 2011
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Dealing with Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede · 1990
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So you want to be a wizard
Diane Duane · 1983
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
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