5 must-read history books like Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas by Leigh Lewis

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Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

By: Leigh Lewis

4.13

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

This wow-worthy book proves that women have been making their mark in all aspects of history―even t…

If you liked the history plot in Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas by Leigh Lewis , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. A Stone for Sascha

By: Aaron Becker

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

A girl grieves the loss of her dog in an achingly beautiful wordless epic from the Caldecott Honor-… read more

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2. Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 1

By: Yuhki Kamatani

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

A beautiful tale of coming-out and coming-of-age. Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the ne… read more

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3. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Leigh Lewis's Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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4. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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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
  • childrens
"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. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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7. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

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8. 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 Leigh Lewis's Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
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9. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

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10. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

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  • poetry
"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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11. Any Sign of Life

By: Rae Carson

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a teenage girl thinks she may be the only person left alive in her town—maybe in the whole wor… read more

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"I wanted to do something important like that. Something that would change the world for everyone who came after me."

-Rae Carson, Any Sign of Life

"My smidge of hope is a fragile thing, a tiny waving flame in a vast landscape of reeking darkness. I will shelter it, treasure it, coax it, because the alternative is despair, and I don't do despair."

-Rae Carson, Any Sign of Life

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12. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

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13. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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14. Call Us What We Carry

By: Amanda Gorman

4.28

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Loss is the cost of loving"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We write Because you might listen."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"And the norms and notions of what “just is"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

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15. The Infinity Particle

By: Wendy Xu

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more

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16. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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17. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star

By: Jadzia Axelrod

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is abo… read more

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18. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. Bodies Are Cool

By: Tyler Feder

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

Cover of Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia

21. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography

By: Wendy Loggia

4.68

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy A… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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22. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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23. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

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"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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24. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

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

25. 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

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History by Erika Owen

26. Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History

By: Erika Owen

3.67

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers,… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of In Honor of Broken Things by Paul Acampora

27. In Honor of Broken Things

By: Paul Acampora

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Three unlikely friends become partners in heartbreak and hope during a middle school pottery class … read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Island of Spies by Sheila Turnage

28. Island of Spies

By: Sheila Turnage

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade WWII spy mystery. Twelve-year-old Stick Lawson lives on Hatteras Island, North C… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Turnage's Island of Spies book and Leigh Lewis's Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Vern, Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters

29. Vern, Custodian of the Universe

By: Tyrell Waiters

3.67

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A thought-provoking and hilarious romp through time and space from debut creator, Tyrell Waiters th… read more

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30. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

By: Leigh Lewis

4.13

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

This wow-worthy book proves that women have been making their mark in all aspects of history―even t… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Lewis's Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas book and Leigh Lewis's Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas

  • poetry
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • pirates
  • nonfiction

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