5 best-selling nonfiction books like Chunky by Yehudi Mercado

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Chunky

By: Yehudi Mercado

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendsh…

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1. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • sports
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2. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • memoir
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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3. Timid

By: Jonathan Todd

3.57

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Todd's Timid book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

4. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • memoir
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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6. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

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7. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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8. Saving Sunshine

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.06

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Saving Sunshine book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
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9. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Duel

By: Jessixa Bagley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jessixa Bagley's Duel book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
  • sports
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11. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's New from Here book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

12. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
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13. Long Distance

By: Whitney Gardner

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away.Vega’s summer vacation i… read more

Similar categories in Whitney Gardner's Long Distance book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • comics
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14. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
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15. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
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16. Out There (A Graphic Novel)

By: Seaerra Miller

3.73

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

A touching, out-of-this-world graphic novel about a daughter, her father, and the aliens that may o… read more

Similar categories in Seaerra Miller's Out There (A Graphic Novel) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
Cover of The Awakening Storm (City of Dragons, #1) by Jaimal Yogis

17. The Awakening Storm (City of Dragons, #1)

By: Jaimal Yogis

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace … read more

Similar categories in Jaimal Yogis's The Awakening Storm (City of Dragons, #1) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles) by Matthew Swanson

18. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)

By: Matthew Swanson

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Swanson's Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • family
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19. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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20. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

By: Dan Santat

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

21. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

Similar categories in Colleen A.F. Venable's Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • comics
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22. Shelter

By: Christie Matheson

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Library Binding

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut that considers homelessness from one girl's perspective and ex… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff

23. The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

By: Colleen Paeff

4.35

Format: None pages, None

Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Paeff's The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) by Renée  Watson

24. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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25. Chunky

By: Yehudi Mercado

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Yehudi Mercado's Chunky book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • memoir
  • childrens
  • jewish
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • sports
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26. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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27. The Magical Imperfect

By: Chris Baron

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake in a town of refugees who came to Ame… read more

Similar categories in Chris Baron's The Magical Imperfect book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott  Riley

28. The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field

By: Scott Riley

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

After watching the World Cup on television, a group of Thai boys is inspired to form their own team… read more

Similar categories in Scott Riley's The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year by Nina Hamza

29. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

By: Nina Hamza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more

Similar categories in Nina Hamza's Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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30. Next Stop

By: Debbie Fong

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Stand-alone debut Next Stop is a heartfelt graphic-novel from award-winning illustrator Debbie Fong… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Fong's Next Stop book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Twin Cities

By: José Pimienta

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one twin goes to school in Mexico and… read more

Similar categories in José Pimienta's Twin Cities book and Yehudi Mercado's Chunky

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family

29 must-read childrens books like Chunky by Yehudi Mercado

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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A First Time for Everything

Dan Santat

4.39

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Timid

Jonathan Todd

3.57

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Shawn Peters

4.03

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Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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Claribel A. Ortega

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Squished: A Graphic Novel

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4.17

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