22 must-read nonfiction books like Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?) by Micah Hecht

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Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?)

By: Micah Hecht

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?) by Micah Hecht , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. What Are the Summer Olympics?

By: Stephen Marchesi , Gail Herman , None

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. Th… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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2. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

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3. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

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"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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4. Uprising

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more

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5. Stacey's Mistake: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #14)

By: Ellen T. Crenshaw

4.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated ca… read more

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6. What Was World War I?

By: Nico Medina

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be “the war to end all… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. What Is a Solar Eclipse? (Who HQ Now)

By: Dana Meachen Rau

3.76

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the phenomenon of a solar eclipse just in time for the Great American Eclipse that will… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?

By: Steve Korté

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Learn about the deadly and unexpected blizzard that slammed the Midwestern United States in 1888 an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

By: Caleb Gayle

4.33

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, O… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

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11. What Was the Donner Party? (What Was?)

By: Ben Hubbard

3.85

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapp… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Where Is the Sahara Desert?

By: Sarah Fabiny

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Ten-story-high sand dunes, eye-tricking mirages, unlucky explorers – it’s all here and more in this… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Big Nate: This Means War!

By: Lincoln Peirce

4.68

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Big Nate delights middle grade readers with stories of mischief and misadventure in these full-colo… read more

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14. What Do We Know About the Kraken? (What Do We Know About?)

By: Ben Hubbard

4.03

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Is thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. What Is the Story of: the Headless Horseman?

By: Sheila Keenan

4.13

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Discover the haunting story of the Headless Horseman, his chilling adventures in Sleepy Hollow, New… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. What Do We Know About Alien Abduction?

By: Kirsten Mayer

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Are th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Who Is Harry Styles? (Who HQ Now)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.27

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the life of one of today's most popular musicians in this Who HQ Now biography about Ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. What Do We Know About the Chupacabra?

By: Pam Pollack

3.94

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Is the… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?) by Nico Medina

19. What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? (What Was?)

By: Nico Medina

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn about Boston's molasses disaster of 1919, when a storage tank burst and flooded the streets, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The First Magnificent Summer

By: R.L. Toalson

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Judy Blume meets Barbara Dee in this tender and empowering middle grade novel told in journal entri… read more

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22. Afternoon on the Amazon Graphic Novel (Magic Tree House)

By: Mary Pope Osborne

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling chapter book series is now available as graphic novels! Magic. Mystery. Time-tra… read more

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23. What Is the Stanley Cup? (What Was?)

By: Gail Herman

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Ice hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup F… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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24. What Do We Know About the Mystery of D. B. Cooper? (What Do We Know About?)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out what really happened when a strange man hijacked an airplane in 1971 and then parachuted o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. What Is the Story of Romeo and Juliet?

By: Max Bisantz

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. Discover the orig… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Where Is the Congo?

By: Megan Stine

4.19

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remark… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Who Is Michael Phelps? (Who Was?)

By: Micah Hecht

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Who Is Katie Ledecky? (Who HQ Now) by James Buckley Jr.

28. Who Is Katie Ledecky? (Who HQ Now)

By: James Buckley Jr.

4.00

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn how a young girl who loved being in the water became one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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29. What Is the Story of Smokey Bear?

By: Steve Korté

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. In this addition t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Who Is Lionel Messi? (Who HQ Now)

By: James Buckley Jr.

4.64

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Read all about Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi and his legendary career in this book from… read more

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31. What Is a Presidential Election?: The Official Who HQ Election Book

By: Douglas Yacka

3.89

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This revised edition (updated through the 2021 inauguration) explains all about presidential campai… read more

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  • nonfiction

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