5 must-read nonfiction books like Weird But True KnowItAll: Ancient Egypt by Sarah Wassner Flynn

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Weird But True KnowItAll: Ancient Egypt

By: Sarah Wassner Flynn

3.57

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Powerful pharaohs, deadly curses, beautiful queens, legendary cities, tombs filled with gold ... yo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Weird But True KnowItAll: Ancient Egypt by Sarah Wassner Flynn , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

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2. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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3. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

By: Joseph M. Marshall III , Jim Yellowhawk

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy--though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man… read more

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4. Fish in a Tree

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The author of the beloved One for the Murphysgives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel … read more

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5. Through My Eyes

By: Ruby Bridges , Margo Lundell

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal m… read more

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6. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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8. 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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"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

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9. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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10. 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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"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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11. 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

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12. 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

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13. 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

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14. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.21

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 USA Today , Wall Street Journal , and New York Times bestseller! In Big Shot , boo… read more

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15. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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16. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In No Brainer , book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author… read more

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17. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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18. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

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"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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19. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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20. Big Tree

By: Brian Selznick

4.04

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more

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21. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

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22. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

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"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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23. Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

By: Jessica Lanan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider.What if you were small … read more

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24. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

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25. Measuring Up

By: Lily LaMotte

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than … read more

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"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

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26. Alebrijes

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning T… read more

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27. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert

3.72

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud sto… read more

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"Are you worried about me, love?"

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"She's a pop of scarlet in the November fog."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"Jesus H. Christ. It's like drowning in a bath of hormones."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"You're allowed anywhere you want, as long as you're right next to me."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

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28. The Season of Styx Malone

By: Kekla Magoon

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene are excited to have adventures in the woods behind th… read more

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"Sometimes you don't ever find out what someone else is thinking."

-Kekla Magoon, The Season of Styx Malone

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29. Roll with It

By: Jamie Sumner

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more

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30. Weird But True KnowItAll: Ancient Egypt

By: Sarah Wassner Flynn

3.57

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Powerful pharaohs, deadly curses, beautiful queens, legendary cities, tombs filled with gold ... yo… read more

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31. Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Defeated the Army (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)

By: Art Coulson

3.94

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

In the autumn of 1912, the football team from Carlisle Indian Industrial School took the field at t… read more

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