Read-alikes and related books

Books like Before Green Gables

Across Orphans & Foster Homes, Canada, Imagination & Play, and People & Places — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson.

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Top related books to Before Green Gables

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Before Green Gables.

Days of Toil and Tears The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford — Sarah Ellis

Days of Toil and Tears The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

Emily’s Quest — Lucy Maud Montgomery

Emily’s Quest

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

The Carved Box — Gillian Chan

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

Anne of the Island — L. M. Montgomery

Anne of the Island

L. M. Montgomery

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

Pemmican Wars — Katherena Vermette

Katherena Vermette

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

Anne’s House of Dreams — L. Montgomery

Anne’s House of Dreams

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

The Root Cellar — Janet Lunn

The Root Cellar

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • People & Places

The Grace of Wild Things — Heather Fawcett

The Grace of Wild Things

Heather Fawcett

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • Family

Fever Season — Eric Zweig

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Canada • Family

The Children of the New Forest — Frederick Marryat

The Children of the New Forest

Frederick Marryat

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The Indian School — Gloria Whelan

The Indian School

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

A Single Shard — Linda Sue Park

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The Mandie Collection, Volume 5 — Lois Gladys Leppard

The Mandie Collection, Volume 5

Lois Gladys Leppard

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Riding Freedom — Pam Muñoz Ryan

Riding Freedom — Pam Muñoz Ryan

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Stella Stands Alone — A. LaFaye

Stella Stands Alone

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Peter of New Amsterdam A Story of Old New York — James Otis

Peter of New Amsterdam A Story of Old New York

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Mama’s Window — Lynn Rubright

Mama’s Window

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Written in Stone — Rosanne Parry

Written in Stone

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Summer of the Zeppelin — Elsie McCutcheon

Summer of the Zeppelin

Elsie McCutcheon

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The Mandie Collection, Volume 9 — Lois Gladys Leppard

The Mandie Collection, Volume 9

Lois Gladys Leppard

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Young Samurai The Way of the Sword — Chris Bradford

Young Samurai The Way of the Sword

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The Girl in the Torch — Robert Sharenow

The Girl in the Torch

Robert Sharenow

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The Secret Garden — Martha Hailey DuBose

The Secret Garden

Martha Hailey DuBose

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

Then — Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • People & Places • Family

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Orphans & Foster Homes, Canada, Imagination & Play — the same threads that run through Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson. Among the authors featured: Sarah Ellis, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gillian Chan, L. M. Montgomery, and others.

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