5 Top school books like Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen

Cover of Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen

Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

By: Gary Paulsen

3.67

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers.…

If you liked the school plot in Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2) by Lauren Tarshis

1. I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Based on true events! It's the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great W… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2) book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves

2. Stone Fox

By: John Reynolds Gardiner , Greg Hargreaves

4.04

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has c… read more

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  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4) by Lauren Tarshis

3. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4)

By: Lauren Tarshis

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

70 years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers! History'… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4) book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

4. Homeless Bird

By: Gloria Whelan

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Like many girls her age in the India of her time period, thirteen-year-old-Koly is getting married.… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Whelan's Homeless Bird book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived, #9) by Lauren Tarshis

5. The Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived, #9)

By: Lauren Tarshis

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

In one of the darkest periods in history, one boy struggles to survive... In this gripping new addi… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's The Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived, #9) book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) by Paul Zindel

6. The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)

By: Paul Zindel

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  When sophomores John and Lorraine p… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • school
Cover of Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, Robert Frankenberg

7. Owls in the Family

By: Farley Mowat , Robert Frankenberg

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

Farley Mowat's funniest book tells the adventures of Wol and Weeps, two owls from Saskatchewan who … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1) by Jordan Sonnenblick

8. Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1)

By: Jordan Sonnenblick

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick, a brave and beautiful story that will make readers lau… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • school
  • young adult

9. Dunk

By: David Lubar

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

To the Bozo, the clown who sits inside the cage above the dunk tank, everyone is a "mark." Once he … read more

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10. How I Became a Ghost

By: Tim Tingle

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Hardcover

Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, HOW I BECAME A G… read more

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Cover of Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen

11. Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

By: Gary Paulsen

3.67

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers.… read more

Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • american history
  • school
  • historical
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

12. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • school
  • historical fiction
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

13. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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14. Tears of a Tiger (Hazelwood High, #1)

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

After a car accident kills Robert, Andy's best friend and teammate on the Hazelwood High Tigers, An… read more

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15. Chasing Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.50

Format: 364 pages,

Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the co… read more

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16. The Broken Blade (Pierre La Page #1)

By: William Durbin

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In 1800, 13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he'd be leaving Montreal to paddle 2,400 miles. … read more

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17. Talking Leaves

By: Joseph Bruchac

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A new work of historical fiction about Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee alphabet, from the… read more

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Cover of The Levee by William Kent Krueger

18. The Levee

By: William Kent Krueger

3.51

Format: 4 pages, Audio CD

An audio original novella from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, The L… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The Levee book and Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

19. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

Cover of Maybe Meant to Be by K.L. Walther

20. Maybe Meant to Be

By: K.L. Walther

3.64

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Eve… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Undrowned by K.R.  Alexander

21. The Undrowned

By: K.R. Alexander

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In too deadly.In too deep.Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

14 Top fiction books like Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen

Transform Your Habits

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2)

Lauren Tarshis

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Stone Fox

John Reynolds Gardiner , Greg Hargreaves

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4)

Lauren Tarshis

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Homeless Bird

Gloria Whelan

3.75

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6 Top school books like Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves

Transform Your Habits

Stone Fox

John Reynolds Gardiner , Greg Hargreaves

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Old Yeller

Fred Gipson

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Frindle

Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Chocolate Touch

Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

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