5 Top historical fiction books like Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ninth Ward

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival…

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Cover of Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin, None

1. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

By: Steve Sheinkin , None

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Jim Thorpe: super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native American. Pop Warner: indomitable coach… read more

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  • middle grade
"Harvard coach Bill Reid would later credit Teddy Roosevelt with saving football. But words in a rule book are one thing. Someone had to show the nation a new way to play the game. The Carlisle Indian…"

-Steve Sheinkin, Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Cover of Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick

2. Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina

By: Rodman Philbrick

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old bo… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) by Rita Williams-Garcia

3. Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

3.61

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library JournalBest Book of the Year * … read more

Similar categories in Rita Williams-Garcia's Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Ninth Ward

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
Cover of The Bell Bandit (The Lemonade War, #3) by Jacqueline Davies

4. The Bell Bandit (The Lemonade War, #3)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Everything about this trip to Grandma's house was different: First, because of the fire, Mrs. Tresk… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

5. Ninth Ward

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american

6. Anything But Typical

By: Nora Raleigh Baskin

3.00

Format: 285 pages,

Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter… read more

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7. P.S. Be Eleven (Gaither Sisters, #2)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite sequel to the New York Times bestseller One Crazy Summer, the Gaither sisters ret… read more

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8. Hana's Suitcase: A True Story

By: Karen Levine

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

In 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked "Han… read more

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9. Measuring up

By: None

4.02

Format: 288 pages,

Senior year is full of surprises when Chloe returns home from her internship in New York City. Whil… read more

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10. One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with… read more

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11. The Lemonade Crime (The Lemonade War, #2)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Following the laws of our legal system, Evan and Jessie's fourth grade class concocts a courtroom o… read more

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12. Kokopelli's Flute

By: Will Hobbs

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE MAGIC HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE. Tep Jones has always felt the magic of Picture House, an Anasazi c… read more

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13. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (I Survived, #3)

By: Lauren Tarshis

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a do… read more

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Cover of Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz

14. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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16. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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17. I Can Make This Promise

By: Christine Day

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Some Places More Than Others

By: Renée Watson

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Renée Watson explores a family’s relationships and Harlem—its history, culture… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • african american
"The sign of true maturity is when you're able to end the argument first to forgive a person even if they haven't asked for it"

-Renée Watson, Some Places More Than Others

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19. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

Cover of Air by Monica Roe

20. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope by Diane Guerrero

21. My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

By: Diane Guerrero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before landing a spot on the megahit Netflix show Orange is the New Black; before wowing audiences … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

11 must-read fiction books like Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Transform Your Habits

Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina

Rodman Philbrick

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3)

Rita Williams-Garcia

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Bell Bandit (The Lemonade War, #3)

Jacqueline Davies

3.65

Ninth Ward

Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.37

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27 Top fiction books like Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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