5 must-read history books like We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4 by Don Brown

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We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

By: Don Brown

3.84

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ide…

If you liked the history plot in We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4 by Don Brown , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2) by Jeanne DuPrau

1. The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2)

By: Jeanne DuPrau

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

"It is green here and very big. Light comes from the sky..." When Lina and Doon lead their people u… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young

2. Fortunately, the Milk

By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more

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  • middle grade
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

3. Max the Brave

By: Ed Vere

4.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is Max. Max the Brave, Max the Fearless, Max the Mouse-catcher...But, in order to be a Mouse-c… read more

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4. 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

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
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5. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

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  • middle grade
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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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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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
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7. 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

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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8. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

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9. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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10. Sunny Rolls the Dice (Sunny #3)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade?Sunny's just made it to middle scho… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

11. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) by Sharee Miller

12. Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1)

By: Sharee Miller

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

New Kid meets The Baby-sitters Club in this graphic novel series opener about the Curlfriends, four… read more

Similar categories in Sharee Miller's Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
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13. Duel

By: Jessixa Bagley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jessixa Bagley's Duel book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

14. 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

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
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15. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

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  • middle grade
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

Cover of Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #13) by Cynthia Yuan Cheng

16. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #13)

By: Cynthia Yuan Cheng

4.10

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Cynthia Yuan Cheng! Mary Anne sh… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith

17. 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 Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of School Trip (New Kid, #3) by Jerry Craft

18. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

19. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • middle grade
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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20. Buzzing

By: Samuel Sattin

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself desp… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman

21. Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms

By: Joe Feldman

4.21

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learn… read more

Similar categories in Joe Feldman's Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • nonfiction
Cover of Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

22. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

23. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

24. Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

By: Tonya Bolden

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Hidden Figures comes a nonfiction picture book about the Green Book, a travel guide… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong

25. Scout Is Not a Band Kid

By: Jade Armstrong

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

A young girl in middle school will do whatever it takes to meet her favorite author--even if it mea… read more

Similar categories in Jade Armstrong's Scout Is Not a Band Kid book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of History Smashers: The Underground Railroad by Kate Messner

26. History Smashers: The Underground Railroad

By: Kate Messner

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • middle grade
Cover of America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger

27. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History

By: Ariel Aberg-Riger

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Aberg-Riger's America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wildfire by Breena Bard

28. Wildfire

By: Breena Bard

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring and moving graphic novel, Wildfire follows climate change through the eyes of one midd… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
Cover of A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity  Nguyen

29. A Bánh Mì for Two

By: Trinity Nguyen

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more

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30. We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

By: Don Brown

3.84

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ide… read more

Similar categories in Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4 book and Don Brown's We the People!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #4

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • politics
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dear Beast by Dori Hillestad Butler

31. Dear Beast

By: Dori Hillestad Butler

4.09

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

A jealous cat really, really, REALLY wants to drive away his young owner's new dog in this playful … read more

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Jeanne DuPrau

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Jon Klassen

4.26

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Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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