Read-alikes and related books

Books like Straw Into Gold

If you loved Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Norse, Arthurian, Blended Families, and Adaptations.

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Top related books to Straw Into Gold

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Straw Into Gold.

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

Storm

Nicola Skinner

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

The Apple and the Arrow

Mary Buff

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

The Smashed Man of Dread End

J. W. Ocker

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

Starfell #3: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom

Dominique Valente

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

Gypsy Folktales

Diane Tong

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

Trouble Dolls

Jimmy Buffett

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

A Treasury of Children’s Literature

Armand Eisen

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#10

The End of the Beginning Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)

Avi

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#11

The Colt of the Clouds

Kallie George

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#12

The Making of Butterflies

Zora Neale Hurston

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#13

Over the Moon: the Novelization

Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#14

Starboard

Nicola Skinner

Themes: Norse • Adaptations • Anthologies

#15

Sisters of the Neversea

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Themes: Blended Families • Adaptations • Boys & Men

#16

The Whispering Fog

Landra Jennings

Themes: Blended Families • Adaptations • Anthologies

#17

Greek Myths

Olivia E. Coolidge

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#18

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans

Isi Hendrix

Themes: Adaptations • Anthologies • Legends, Myths, Fables

#19

Sparrows in the Wind

Gail Carson Levine

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Adaptations

#20

Gravebooks

J. A. White

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Boys & Men

#21

Sword of the Rightful King A Novel of King Arthur

Jane Yolen

Themes: Arthurian • Blended Families • Adaptations

#22

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers: 5-Book Paperback Box Set

Mary Norton

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Legends, Myths, Fables

#23

The Dragon Egg Princess

Ellen Oh

Themes: Arthurian • Adaptations • Anthologies

#24

Lalani of the Distant Sea

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: Blended Families • Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore

If Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Norse, Arthurian, Blended Families and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by LRW Lee, Nicola Skinner, Mary Buff, J. W. Ocker, and others.