Books like Under the feet of Jesus

Under the feet of Jesus by Helena María Viramontes reads as poignant, stark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse · 1997

Shares the escape + vspare thread

77% genome match

Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff · 1993

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan · 2000

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Yonnondio: from the thirties

Tillie Olsen · 1974

Shares the escape + vspare thread

70% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Lot

Bryan Washington

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Sounder

William Howard Armstrong · 1971

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Street Love

Walter Dean Myers · 2006

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

And Now Miguel

Joseph Krumgold · 1953

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

From the notebooks of Melanin Sun

Jacqueline Woodson · 1995

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Karoo moose

Lara Foot Newton · 2009

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Brownsville

Oscar Casares · 2003

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match