15 must-read middle grade books like Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies by S.D. Nelson

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Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

By: S.D. Nelson

3.78

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

With photographs and stunning illustrations from acclaimed author/artist S.D. Nelson, this thrillin…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies by S.D. Nelson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Song of Hiawatha

By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3.89

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The infectious rhythm of The Song of Hiawatha has drawn millions to the shores of Gitchee Gumee. On… read more

Similar categories in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • native american
"Straight between them ran the pathway, Never grew the grass upon it"

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

"I am weary of your quarrels, Weary of your wars and bloodshed, Weary of your prayers for vengeance, Of your wranglings and dissensions"

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

"Poor, deluded Shawondasee! 'T was no woman that you gazed at, 'T was no maiden that you sighed for, 'T was the prairie dandelion That through all the dreamy Summer You had gazed at with such longing,…"

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

"Thus it is our daughters leave us, Those we love, and those who love us! Just when they have learned to help us, When we are old and lean upon them, Comes a youth with flaunting feathers, With his fl…"

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha

Cover of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #1) by Ian Fleming, Brian Selznick

2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #1)

By: Ian Fleming , Brian Selznick

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels, wrote only one children's book--and it is a clas… read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #1) book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook

3. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

By: Steve Silberman

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more

Similar categories in Steve Silberman's NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

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4. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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5. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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6. 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 S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's al… read more

Similar categories in Julie Schwartz Gottman's Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

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

8. 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 S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • 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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9. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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10. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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11. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • 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 S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • 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. Borders

By: Thomas King

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Thomas King's Borders book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • middle grade
  • native american
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14. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

Similar categories in George Stephanopoulos's The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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16. The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

By: Eugene Yelchin

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timi… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Yelchin's The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar

17. The Patron Thief of Bread

By: Lindsay Eagar

4.20

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted middle-grade novel spiced with magic—and gargoyles!—from the acclaimed author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Eagar's The Patron Thief of Bread book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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18. Dune: House Atreides, Volume Two

By: Brian Herbert

3.79

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic fiction adaptation of the New York Times best-selling Dune: House Atreides c… read more

Similar categories in Brian Herbert's Dune: House Atreides, Volume Two book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

Cover of Dune: House Atreides, Volume One by Brian Herbert

19. Dune: House Atreides, Volume One

By: Brian Herbert

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

An adaptation of the prequel to Dune in graphic novel form. Welcome to the far future on the desert… read more

Similar categories in Brian Herbert's Dune: House Atreides, Volume One book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

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

20. 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 S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies by S.D. Nelson

21. Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

By: S.D. Nelson

3.78

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

With photographs and stunning illustrations from acclaimed author/artist S.D. Nelson, this thrillin… read more

Similar categories in S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies book and S.D. Nelson's Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • native american
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

13 must-read audiobook books like Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies by S.D. Nelson

Transform Your Habits

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #1)

Ian Fleming , Brian Selznick

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Transform Your Habits

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

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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