Nonfiction Picks for 4th Grade+

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Borderlands and the Mexican American Story
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story 4.47 avg rating — 66 ratings
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We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler 4.26 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
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Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" 4.14 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: (A True Story of Survival, Teamwork, and Global Rescue Efforts - For Kids Ages 9-12 in Grades 4-7)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: (A True Story of Survival, Teamwork, and Global Rescue Efforts - For Kids Ages 9-12 in Grades 4-7) 4.49 avg rating — 6,367 ratings
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity 4.08 avg rating — 5,577 ratings
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History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes
History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes 3.79 avg rating — 451 ratings
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World 4.26 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
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How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure 4.40 avg rating — 444 ratings
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Code Like a Girl: Rad Tech Projects and Practical Tips
Code Like a Girl: Rad Tech Projects and Practical Tips 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII
Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 428 ratings
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Attacked at Sea
Attacked at Sea 4.11 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Attacked!: Pearl Harbor and the Day War Came to America
Attacked!: Pearl Harbor and the Day War Came to America 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code 3.88 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America
Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America 3.71 avg rating — 270 ratings
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In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors 4.33 avg rating — 23,190 ratings
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Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII 4.24 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II 4.48 avg rating — 11,896 ratings
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 4.07 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
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Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story About the Sinking of the Laconia (True Survival Series, 1)
Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story About the Sinking of the Laconia (True Survival Series, 1) 4.29 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation] 3.93 avg rating — 179 ratings
21.
Trapped Behind Nazi Lines
Trapped Behind Nazi Lines 3.97 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens 4.31 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Jailbreak at Alcatraz
Jailbreak at Alcatraz 4.25 avg rating — 291 ratings
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Terrors from the Deep: True Stories of Surviving Shark Attacks
Terrors from the Deep: True Stories of Surviving Shark Attacks 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
25.
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb 4.23 avg rating — 423 ratings
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Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel
Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel 4.41 avg rating — 4,490 ratings
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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything 4.40 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
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Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money (Unsolved Case Files, #1)
Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money (Unsolved Case Files, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 738 ratings
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The Radium Girls: The Scary but True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark, Young Readers' Edition
The Radium Girls: The Scary but True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark, Young Readers' Edition 4.16 avg rating — 176,374 ratings