9 Best historical books like The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4) by Joy Hakim

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The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4)

By: Joy Hakim

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New…

If you liked the historical plot in The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4) by Joy Hakim , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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2. Bound for Oregon

By: R.W. Alley , James Watling , Jean Van Leeuwen

3.86

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a… read more

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  • american history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • read for school
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3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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  • childrens
  • audiobook
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

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4. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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5. Lyddie

By: Katherine Paterson

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

When ten-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their fa… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
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6. Elijah of Buxton

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens

7. Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners (The Story of the World #3)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives--and our children need to learn… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • nonfiction

8. The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

By: Jim Murphy

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boy… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
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9. Sacajawea

By: Joseph Bruchac , Michael Rafkin

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Young Sacajawea has been asked to join Lewis and Clark in their exploration of the American West. A… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school

10. Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor (The Story of the World #1)

By: Susan Wise Bauer , Jeff West

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened t… read more

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11. The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War

By: Albert Marrin

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Describes how American military forces helped the Allies turn the tide of World War I and how the U… read more

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12. John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy

By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb , E.F. Abbott

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Would you ever run off to join the army, leaving your family behind? That's what nine-year-old John… read more

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13. Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson

4.00

Format: None pages,

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14. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

By: Susan Orlean

4.22

Format: 160 pages,

The Orchid Thiefis Susan Orlean's tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered f… read more

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15. Johnny Tremain

By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more

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16. Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #3)

By: Laurence Yep

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden … read more

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17. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

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  • audiobook
"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

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18. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • childrens
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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19. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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

20. 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

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • 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

Cover of The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4) by Joy Hakim

21. The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4)

By: Joy Hakim

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New… read more

Similar categories in Joy Hakim's The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4) book and Joy Hakim's The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4)

  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • audiobook

6 Best audiobook books like The New Nation: 1789-1850 (A History of US #4) by Joy Hakim

Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

C.S. Lewis

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Freewater

Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

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8 must-read fiction books like Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) by C.S. Lewis

Transform Your Habits

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Transform Your Habits

Phantastes

George MacDonald

3.48

Transform Your Habits

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

Andrew Peterson

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

4.06

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