14 Top middle grade books like A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation by Lindsey McDivitt

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A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

By: Lindsey McDivitt

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As Nelson Mandela lived and worked under the unjust system of apartheid, his desire for freedom gre…

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation by Lindsey McDivitt , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo

2. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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3. It Fell from the Sky

By: Terry Fan

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about community, art, the importance of giving back—and the wonder that fell from th… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fan's It Fell from the Sky book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

By: Tom Gauld

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children, a little wooden robot em… read more

Similar categories in Tom Gauld's The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) by Bob Shea

5. Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1)

By: Bob Shea

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the hilarious author of Who Wet My Pants?, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, and the Dinosaur … read more

Similar categories in Bob Shea's Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein

6. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

By: Barry Wittenstein

4.43

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luthe… read more

Similar categories in Barry Wittenstein's A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
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7. The People Remember

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.54

Format: None pages, None

From author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk abou… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's The People Remember book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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8. Other Words for Home

By: Jasmine Warga

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Americans are obsessed with murder"

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

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9. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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10. Powwow Day

By: Traci Sorell

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she e… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Powwow Day book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go by Kevin  Hart

11. It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

By: Kevin Hart

3.82

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved comedian and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hart comes an irreverent but i… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hart's It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

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13. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice by Carole Boston Weatherford

14. The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Congressman and civil rights advocate Elijah Cummings dedicated his life to public service. This co… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
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15. Yonder

By: Ali Standish

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more

Similar categories in Ali Standish's Yonder book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin

16. The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey

By: Jason Chin

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin's companion book to the award-winning Your Place in the Universe expl… read more

Similar categories in Jason Chin's The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery by Raj Haldar

17. Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery

By: Raj Haldar

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Are you ready for adventure? The first book in a new action-packed series from bestselling author R… read more

Similar categories in Raj Haldar's Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) by Angela Joy

18. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Angela Joy

4.66

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's d… read more

Similar categories in Angela Joy's Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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19. Because of You, John Lewis

By: Andrea Davis Pinkney

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and 10-year-old activist Tybre Fa… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Davis Pinkney's Because of You, John Lewis book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

20. 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 Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom by Glenda Armand

21. Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom

By: Glenda Armand

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A little girl helping her grandmother prepare a holiday meal learns about the origins of soul food … read more

Similar categories in Glenda Armand's Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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22. Fast Pitch

By: Nic Stone

4.09

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Clean Getaway, comes a challenging and he… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Fast Pitch book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race around the World by Kate Hannigan

23. Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race around the World

By: Kate Hannigan

4.02

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this real-life adventure, daredevil and groundbreaking journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisl… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hannigan's Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race around the World book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon

24. The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy

By: Kekla Magoon

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall, who fought for equality during the Civi… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez by Larry Dane Brimner

25. Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez

By: Larry Dane Brimner

4.05

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This important yet little-known civil rights story focuses on Roberto Alvarez, a student whose 1931… read more

Similar categories in Larry Dane Brimner's Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories by Annette Bay Pimentel

26. Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories

By: Annette Bay Pimentel

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, lib… read more

Similar categories in Annette Bay Pimentel's Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira by Duncan Tonatiuh

27. Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

3.98

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

In the powerful, vibrant biography Game of Freedom, award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds lig… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Tonatiuh's Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation by Lindsey McDivitt

28. A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

By: Lindsey McDivitt

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As Nelson Mandela lived and worked under the unjust system of apartheid, his desire for freedom gre… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • south africa
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
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29. Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals

By: Linda Zajac

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . robo-hummingbird? Meet robots engineered using biomimicry t… read more

Similar categories in Linda Zajac's Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies by Cindy Trumbore

30. Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies

By: Cindy Trumbore

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

The fascinating true story of a beautiful native Hawaiian butterfly, a great Hawaiian warrior king,… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Trumbore's Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • activism
Cover of Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford

31. Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover the true story of the woman Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nicknamed "Red" because of her fier… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect book and Lindsey McDivitt's A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism

15 Top history books like A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation by Lindsey McDivitt

Transform Your Habits

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

Barry Wittenstein

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The People Remember

Ibi Zoboi

4.54

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

Transform Your Habits

The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.12

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10 Best history books like The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Peter Sís

4.48

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