23 Best middle grade books like History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner

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History Smashers: The Titanic

By: Kate Messner

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with beloved educa…

If you liked the middle grade plot in History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Ish (Creatrilogy)

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in th… read more

Similar categories in Peter H. Reynolds's Ish (Creatrilogy) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • childrens
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2. The Lincoln Project (Flashback Four, #1)

By: Dan Gutman

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Congratulations! You are invited to participate in a very special once-in-a-lifetime experience. Pl… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gutman's The Lincoln Project (Flashback Four, #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • historical
  • middle grade
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3. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story

By: Nora Raleigh Baskin

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days lead… read more

Similar categories in Nora Raleigh Baskin's Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens

4. Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

By: Charlotte Foltz Jones , John O'Brien

3.97

Format: 68 pages,

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Similar categories in Charlotte Foltz Jones's Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

5. Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell

By: Kristiana Gregory

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped … read more

Similar categories in Kristiana Gregory's Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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7. 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 Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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9. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
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10. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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11. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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13. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Partridge's Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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14. 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 Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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15. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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16. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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17. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

18. The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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19. How to Train Your Dad

By: Gary Paulsen

3.64

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

A misadventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their… read more

Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's How to Train Your Dad book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) (Sort Of Adaptations, #1) by Kathleen Gros

20. Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) (Sort Of Adaptations, #1)

By: Kathleen Gros

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Inspired by Anne of Green Gables, contemporary middle grade graphic novel Anne follows feisty red-h… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Gros's Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) (Sort Of Adaptations, #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

21. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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22. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel by Alex Norris

23. How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel

By: Alex Norris

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A guide for to dating, relationships, and identity—from a wildly popular web comic artist. Isn’t… read more

Similar categories in Alex Norris's How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

24. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

By: Rey Terciero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Little Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rey Terciero's Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
"Beth, you have such great potential. Please accept this gift and foster your voice."

-Rey Terciero, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

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25. Layoverland

By: Gabby Noone

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two teens, one stuck atoning for her sins and one destined for heaven, fall in love in purgatory in… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Noone's Layoverland book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

Cover of Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice by Debbie Levy

26. Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

By: Debbie Levy

4.48

Format: 208 pages, None

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about ce… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Levy's Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers by Jonathan W. Stokes

27. The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers

By: Jonathan W. Stokes

4.00

Format: None pages, None

From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make his… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan W. Stokes's The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner

28. History Smashers: The Titanic

By: Kate Messner

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with beloved educa… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • audiobook
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend by Karen Blumenthal

29. Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend

By: Karen Blumenthal

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious--and celebrated--outlaw couple America has ever known. T… read more

Similar categories in Karen Blumenthal's Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money (Unsolved Case Files, #1) by Tom  Sullivan

30. Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money (Unsolved Case Files, #1)

By: Tom Sullivan

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

A minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S. CASE NO. 001: NO… read more

Similar categories in Tom Sullivan's Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money (Unsolved Case Files, #1) book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Jailbreak at Alcatraz by Tom  Sullivan

31. Jailbreak at Alcatraz

By: Tom Sullivan

4.28

Format: 106 pages, Paperback

The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is an account of an escape f… read more

Similar categories in Tom Sullivan's Jailbreak at Alcatraz book and Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Titanic

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile

12 Best audiobook books like History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Odder

Katherine Applegate

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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