6 must-read historical books like Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles

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Becoming Beatriz

By: Tami Charles

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Beatriz dreams of a life spent dancing--until tragedy on the day of her quinceañera changes everyth…

If you liked the historical plot in Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night

By: Refe Tuma , Susan Tuma

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the parents who brought us the web sensation "Dinovember" comes photographic proof of what toy… read more

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3. This Book Will Not Be Fun

By: Olivier Tallec , Cirocco Dunlap

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and or… read more

Similar categories in Olivier Tallec's This Book Will Not Be Fun book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • fiction

4. I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are

By: Jennifer Plecas , Bridget Heos

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. Flies are so much cooler! They flap their wings 2… read more

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5. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

By: Fannie Flagg

4.10

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author returns to the small town at the heart of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle St… read more

Similar categories in Fannie Flagg's The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • historical
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"They wolfed wolfly in the wolf den."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

"You know, life can be hard sometimes. And I sort of think animals are little gifts the good Lord sends to help us get through it. Lady sure did that for me."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

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6. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. 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 Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • historical
"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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8. Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4)

By: Terri Libenson

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of frien… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4) book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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9. I Am Enough

By: Grace Byers

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you… read more

Similar categories in Grace Byers's I Am Enough book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • realistic fiction
  • african american
  • fiction
Cover of I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: The Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novels #1) by Lauren Tarshis

10. I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: The Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novels #1)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.17

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

A thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Sinking of the … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: The Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novels #1) book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. First Laugh--Welcome, Baby!

By: Rose Ann Tahe

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremon… read more

Similar categories in Rose Ann Tahe's First Laugh--Welcome, Baby! book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • family
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

12. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • historical
  • african american
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13. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Proper Badger Would Never!

By: Lauren Glattly

3.57

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie meets No, David! in this hilarious story of misbehavior and misadventu… read more

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15. Millie Fleur's Poison Garden

By: Christy Mandin

4.46

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story about finding joy in … read more

Similar categories in Christy Mandin's Millie Fleur's Poison Garden book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • fiction
Cover of Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles

16. Becoming Beatriz

By: Tami Charles

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Beatriz dreams of a life spent dancing--until tragedy on the day of her quinceañera changes everyth… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • romance
  • teen
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • african american
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17. The Book Swap

By: Tessa Bickers

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“A love letter to books and reading. This debut is catnip for any book geek. I just loved it.” —Ces… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bickers's The Book Swap book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

18. The Teller of Small Fortunes

By: Julie Leong

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, per… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leong's The Teller of Small Fortunes book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • fiction
Cover of Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

19. Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

By: Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

3.17

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Gilmore Girls fans! Pour yourselves a hot cup of tea and get ready to fall in love with this cozy Y… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cicatelli-Kuc's Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix

20. We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

By: Garth Nix

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Garth Nix, the chilling story of a strange object that falls into the wrong… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord book and Tami Charles's Becoming Beatriz

  • fiction
Cover of Hurricane: My Story of Resilience (I, Witness) by Salvador Gómez-Colón

21. Hurricane: My Story of Resilience (I, Witness)

By: Salvador Gómez-Colón

4.03

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked acce… read more

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Kwame Alexander

4.24

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This Book Will Not Be Fun

Olivier Tallec , Cirocco Dunlap

1.00

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The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

Fannie Flagg

4.10

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The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

Katherine Applegate

4.46

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Katelyn Doyle

3.67

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Sarah Chamberlain

3.88

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Melissa Wiesner

3.90

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Emma Lord

3.46

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