9 must-read juvenile books like Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

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Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

By: Kirby Larson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1) book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

2. Chasing Secrets

By: Gennifer Choldenko

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko deftly combines humor, tragedy, fascinating histori… read more

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3. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

By: Joseph M. Marshall III , Jim Yellowhawk

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy--though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man… read more

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4. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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5. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's Isabella Warrior Queen book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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6. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

7. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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8. 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

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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

Cover of Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

9. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

10. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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11. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Star That Always Stays book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

12. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

Cover of Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

13. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

Cover of From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) by Janae Marks

14. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

Cover of The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt

15. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

16. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne   Kelly

17. The Secret Language of Birds

By: Lynne Kelly

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a gi… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's The Secret Language of Birds book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

18. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

19. Wishing Upon the Same Stars

By: Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This coming-of-age middle grade debut novel follows an Arab American girl named Yasmeen as she move… read more

Similar categories in Jacquetta Nammar Feldman's Wishing Upon the Same Stars book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) by Ann Clare LeZotte

20. Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

By: Ann Clare LeZotte

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Deaf author and librarian Ann Clare LeZotte weaves an Own Voices story inspired by the true history… read more

Similar categories in Ann Clare LeZotte's Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Does being deaf determine my worth?"

-Ann Clare LeZotte, Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

Cover of Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins

21. Hope in the Valley

By: Mitali Perkins

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Can Pandita weave hope from the past into the present to heal herself, her family, and the future o… read more

Similar categories in Mitali Perkins's Hope in the Valley book and Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

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4.02

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K. Ritz

4.33

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4.11

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Alan Gratz

4.41

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Kelly Yang

4.38

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Jasmine Warga

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