6 best-selling historical books like The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Cross Giblin

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The Many Rides of Paul Revere

By: James Cross Giblin

3.81

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Sibert Medalist James Cross Giblin takes readers on a wild and fascinating ride through the America…

If you liked the historical plot in The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Cross Giblin , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Dear Miss Sweetie

By: Stacey Lee

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Putnam has bought a YA historical novel from Stacey Lee. Dear Miss Sweetie focuses on a Chinese tee… read more

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  • historical
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2. Where the Red Fern Grows

By: Wilson Rawls

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dar… read more

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  • childrens
"I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it woukdn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too"."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back…"

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

3. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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4. And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

By: Margot Tomes , Jean Fritz

4.22

Format: 224 pages,

Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exci… read more

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5. The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown , Gregory Mone

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Timesbestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for the next generati… read more

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6. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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7. Little Dog, Lost

By: Marion Dane Bauer , Jennifer A. Bell

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honoree Marion Dane Bauer comes the tale of a boy who needs a dog, and a dog who needs… read more

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8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By: Kate DiCamillo , Bagram Ibatoulline

4.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bag… read more

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  • childrens
"I have been loved said Edward to the stars."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart..."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

9. Esperanza Rising

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fan… read more

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10. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more

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11. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

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  • historical
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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12. A Wolf Called Wander (A Voice of the Wilderness Novel)

By: Rosanne Parry

4.21

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt, competing with his … read more

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  • childrens
"Even a summer night is cold when you sleep alone."

-Rosanne Parry, A Wolf Called Wander (A Voice of the Wilderness Novel)

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13. I Must Betray You

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.41

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu … read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's I Must Betray You book and James Cross Giblin's The Many Rides of Paul Revere

  • historical
"A revolution eats its heroes."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"Fertility under state control? That's an abuse of human rights!' Bunu would wail."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I hadn’t yet absorbed one of life’s universal truths: Things that seem straightforward? Often aren’t."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

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14. Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector… read more

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  • historical
"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

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15. What the Wind Knows

By: Amy Harmon

4.36

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everythi… read more

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  • historical
"Idealism often rewrites history to suit her narrative."

-Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

"Stress and loss have made us all phantoms of ourselves."

-Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

"He said freedom was the ability to go wherever you heart called"

-Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

"We keep the people we love in our hearts. We never lost them as long as we can remember how it felt to be loved by them."

-Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

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16. The Many Rides of Paul Revere

By: James Cross Giblin

3.81

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Sibert Medalist James Cross Giblin takes readers on a wild and fascinating ride through the America… read more

Similar categories in James Cross Giblin's The Many Rides of Paul Revere book and James Cross Giblin's The Many Rides of Paul Revere

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction

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