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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as informational)
avg rating 4.41 — 6,367 ratings — published 2014
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as informational)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,365 ratings — published 2011
Locomotive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as informational)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,177 ratings — published 2013
So You Want to Be President? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as informational)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,601 ratings — published 2000
Snowflake Bentley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as informational)
avg rating 4.13 — 16,510 ratings — published 1998
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as informational)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,961 ratings — published 2003
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as informational)
avg rating 4.14 — 20,889 ratings — published 2012
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 60 times as informational)
avg rating 4.34 — 544,681 ratings — published 1969
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as informational)
avg rating 4.08 — 472,227 ratings — published 2012
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as informational)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,848 ratings — published 2001
Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as informational)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,679 ratings — published 2017
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as informational)
avg rating 4.19 — 859,555 ratings — published 2008
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as informational)
avg rating 4.01 — 893,672 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as informational)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,150,810 ratings — published 1947
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as informational)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,177 ratings — published 2005
Actual Size (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as informational)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,632 ratings — published 2004
My Five Senses Big Book (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)
by (shelved 52 times as informational)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,075 ratings — published 1962
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as informational)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,077 ratings — published 2008
Lincoln: A Photobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as informational)
avg rating 3.91 — 10,940 ratings — published 1987
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as informational)
avg rating 4.49 — 16,641 ratings — published 2007
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as informational)
avg rating 3.96 — 619,866 ratings — published 2005
Inside the Human Body (The Magic School Bus, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as informational)
avg rating 4.28 — 34,762 ratings — published 1989
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as informational)
avg rating 4.17 — 15,521 ratings — published 2003
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as informational)
avg rating 4.19 — 944 ratings — published 2010
The Story of Ruby Bridges (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as informational)
avg rating 4.44 — 12,989 ratings — published 1995
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as informational)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,242,498 ratings — published 2011
Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as informational)
avg rating 4.18 — 922 ratings — published 2009
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as informational)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,576 ratings — published 2009
Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as informational)
avg rating 3.60 — 396 ratings — published 2008
Cow (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as informational)
avg rating 4.18 — 77 ratings — published 1997
The Tiny Seed (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as informational)
avg rating 4.15 — 13,199 ratings — published 1970
An Egg Is Quiet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as informational)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,407 ratings — published 2006
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as informational)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,259,878 ratings — published 2018
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as informational)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,439 ratings — published 1998
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as informational)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,071 ratings — published 2005
Me... Jane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as informational)
avg rating 4.04 — 13,737 ratings — published 2011
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as informational)
avg rating 4.01 — 851,488 ratings — published 2000
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as informational)
avg rating 4.13 — 799,151 ratings — published 2010
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as informational)
avg rating 4.37 — 223,360 ratings — published 2017
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as informational)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,412 ratings — published 2010
Giant Squid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as informational)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,567 ratings — published 2015
What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions)
by (shelved 33 times as informational)
avg rating 4.24 — 182 ratings — published 2010
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as informational)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,159 ratings — published 2015
Parrots Over Puerto Rico (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as informational)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,857 ratings — published 2013
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as informational)
avg rating 4.14 — 194,438 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as informational)
avg rating 4.17 — 581,034 ratings — published 2011
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as informational)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,497 ratings — published 2006
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as informational)
avg rating 4.26 — 170,483 ratings — published 1989
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as informational)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,705 ratings — published 2014
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as informational)
avg rating 4.13 — 558,140 ratings — published 2012
“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.”
― Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
― Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
“All of my main characters are based on my friends and people I met during High School and College.”
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