9 Best historical books like Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

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Light and Air

By: Mindy Nichols Wendell

4.34

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory i…

If you liked the historical plot in Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. 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 Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
"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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4. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Secret Language of Birds

By: Lynne Kelly

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a gi… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's The Secret Language of Birds book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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12. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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13. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

By: Anna Rose Johnson

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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15. Deep Water

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Deep Water book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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16. Shark Teeth

By: Sherri Winston

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Sherri Winston's Shark Teeth book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

By: Chanel Miller

4.48

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story o… read more

Similar categories in Chanel Miller's Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Drawing Deena

By: Hena Khan

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Amina’s Voice and Amina’s Song comes a tenderhearted middle grade … read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's Drawing Deena book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel

21. The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

By: Estelle Nadel

4.48

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Polan… read more

Similar categories in Estelle Nadel's The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • historical
  • middle grade
Cover of Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming

22. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

By: Candace Fleming

4.15

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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23. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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24. Continental Drifter

By: Kathy MacLeod

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod. With a Thai mother and an American father, Kat… read more

Similar categories in Kathy MacLeod's Continental Drifter book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • coming of age
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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25. Light and Air

By: Mindy Nichols Wendell

4.34

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory i… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • new york
  • childrens
  • school
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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26. The Wrong Way Home

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is … read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's The Wrong Way Home book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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27. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • coming of age
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

28. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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29. One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everyth… read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's One Big Open Sky book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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30. Gut Reaction

By: Kirby Larson

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Author Kirby Larson, and her daughter, debut author, Quinn Wyatt, pen this story that explores wha… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Gut Reaction book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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31. Averil Offline

By: Amy Noelle Parks

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A fun, fast-paced story about a girl determined to cut the cord with her helicopter parents. Twe… read more

Similar categories in Amy Noelle Parks's Averil Offline book and Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile

27 Top fiction books like Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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