5 best-selling history books like Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman

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Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

By: Jacqueline Houtman

4.01

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an…

If you liked the history plot in Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Good Lord Bird

By: James McBride

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy … read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Good Lord Bird book and Jacqueline Houtman's Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

  • african american
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2. On Target (Gray Man #2)

By: Mark Greaney

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Killing is Court Gentry's business. Now, his business is about to get personal in the second Gray M… read more

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3. Shh! We Have a Plan

By: Chris Haughton

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From award-winning illustrator Chris Haughton, one of the most exciting new voices in children's li… read more

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4. Ballistic (Gray Man, #3)

By: Mark Greaney

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

After Court Gentry was betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mis… read more

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5. New Kid (New Kid, #1)

By: Jerry Craft

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more

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  • african american
  • middle grade
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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

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  • middle grade
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7. If I Survive You

By: Jonathan Escoffery

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more

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  • race
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

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8. Family Meal

By: Bryan Washington

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel abo… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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9. 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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  • middle grade
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. 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

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  • middle grade
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11. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

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  • middle grade
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

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12. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Jacqueline Houtman's Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
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13. 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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14. The Guide

By: Peter Heller

3.62

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, es… read more

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15. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

By: Tiffany Jewell

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Jewell's Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School book and Jacqueline Houtman's Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • social justice
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16. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people."

-Eliot Schrefer, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

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17. How to Stand Up to a Dictator

By: Maria Ressa

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more

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  • history
  • social justice
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. The Book Censor's Library

By: بثينة العيسى

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret libraries, and the looming eye of an all-… read more

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"وحدهم الذين يضعون اللوائح يحق لهم كسرها ."

-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library

"لا يمكننا السفر عبر الزمن إلا من خلال القصص"

-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library

"ورغم أنه أدرك القاع، إلا أن قلبه ما زال يهوي."

-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library

"تحدث اختلالات مروعة في توازنات العالم عندما تتم مصادرة حكاية، كما لو أن المكان يظلم أكثر."

-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library

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19. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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20. Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

By: Jacqueline Houtman

4.01

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Houtman's Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington book and Jacqueline Houtman's Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • queer
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21. Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics

By: Michael G. Long

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on W… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • queer

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4.36

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4.14

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