Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, which also won a Newbery Honor, was a major influence on One Came Home. (Source.)
One Came Home has been described more than once as True Grit for kids. (Source.)
Amy Timberlake's working title for the book was Pigeon-shot. (Source.)
The rocky relationship between two sisters in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew inspired Amy Timberlake to try to "fix it" in her own book. (Source.)