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ⓘ About Lakita Wilson
Lakita Wilson American novelist Lakita Wilson crafts stories for young readers that truly capture their attention. She is the creative mind behind both engaging novels and fascinating true stories. Her work even includes books for the popular New York Times bestselling Who HQ Now series. She clearly enjoys exploring a wide range of topics for her audience. A great strength of her writing is how she builds her main characters. She makes people who feel completely real and wonderfully relatable. Readers quickly become invested in their personal journeys and growth. This fantastic character work is a hallmark of her enjoyable style. Crafting characters that feel authentic, her work is deeply relatable to her readers.
All Book Series by Lakita Wilson
What Was the Hindenburg?
Series opener · book 1 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Kevin McVeigh,David Groff,Janet B. Pascal
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Book 2 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · John Mantha,Jim O'Connor,James Bennett
What Was the Gold Rush?
Book 3 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Joan Holub,Tim Tomkinson
What Was the March on Washington?
Book 4 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Tim Tomkinson,Kathleen Krull
What Was the Boston Tea Party?
Book 5 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Lauren Mortimer,Kathleen Krull
What Was Pearl Harbor?
Book 6 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · John Mantha,Patricia Brennan Demuth
What Was the Alamo?
Book 7 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Meg Belviso,David Groff,Pam Pollack
What Was the Underground Railroad?
Book 8 of 67 · published 2013 Anthology · Yona Zeldis McDonough,Lauren Mortimer
What Was Pompeii?
Book 9 of 67 · published 2014 Anthology · John Hinderliter,Jim O'Connor,Who Hq
What Was Ellis Island?
Book 10 of 67 · published 2014 Anthology · David Groff,Patricia Brennan Demuth
What Is the Statue of Liberty?
Book 11 of 67 · published 2014 Anthology · John Hinderliter,Joan Holub
What Is the Panama Canal?
Book 12 of 67 · published 2014 Anthology · Janet B. Pascal
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Book 13 of 67 · published 2014 Anthology · Megan Stine,Who HQ
What Was D-Day?
Book 14 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · Patricia Brennan Demuth,David Grayson Kenyon
What Is the World Series?
Book 15 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · Gail Herman
What Was Hurricane Katrina?
Book 16 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · John Hinderliter,Robin Koontz
What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Book 17 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · Dede Putra,Joan Holub
What Is the Super Bowl?
Book 18 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · David Groff,Dina Anastasio
What Was the Great Depression?
Book 19 of 67 · published 2015 Anthology · Dede Putra,Janet B. Pascal
What Are the Summer Olympics?
Book 21 of 67 · published 2016 Anthology · Gail Herman
What Is the Declaration of Independence?
Book 22 of 67 · published 2016 Anthology · Jerry Hoare,Michael C. Harris
What Were the Twin Towers?
Book 23 of 67 · published 2016 Anthology · Ted Hammond,Jim O'Connor
What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
Book 24 of 67 · published 2016 Anthology · Janet B. Pascal
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?
Book 25 of 67 · published 2016 Anthology · Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler
What Was the Age of the Dinosaurs?
Book 26 of 67 · published 2017 Anthology · Megan Stine,Gregory Copeland
What Was the Wild West?
Book 27 of 67 · published 2017 Anthology · Stephen Marchesi,Janet B. Pascal
What Is Rock and Roll?
Book 28 of 67 · published 2017 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,Jim O'Connor
What Was the Ice Age?
Book 29 of 67 · published 2017 Anthology · Nico Medina,David Groff
What Are the Ten Commandments?
Book 30 of 67 · published 2017 Anthology · Yona Zeldis McDonough
What Is the World Cup?
Book 31 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Stephen Marchesi,Bonnie Bader
What Was the Titanic?
Book 32 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,Stephanie Sabol
What Was the Holocaust?
Book 33 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Jerry Hoare,Gail Herman
What Is Climate Change?
Book 34 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · John Hinderliter,Gail Herman
What Is the Constitution?
Book 35 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Patricia Brennan Demuth
What Is the Women's Rights Movement?
Book 36 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Deborah Hopkinson
What Were the Roaring Twenties?
Book 37 of 67 · published 2018 Anthology · Jake Murray,Michele Mortlock
What Is the Stanley Cup?
Book 38 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,Gail Herman
What Was Stonewall?
Book 39 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Nico Medina,Jake Murray
What Is NASA?
Book 40 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Ted Hammond,Sarah Fabiny
What Was the Vietnam War?
Book 41 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Jim O'Connor
What Was the Berlin Wall?
Book 42 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Nico Medina,Stephen Marchesi
What Were the Negro Leagues?
Book 43 of 67 · published 2019 Anthology · Stephen Marchesi,Varian Johnson
What Are the Paralympic Games?
Book 44 of 67 · published 2020 Anthology · Andrew Thomson,Gail Herman
What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima?
Book 45 of 67 · published 2020 Anthology · Jess Brallier
What Is LEGO?
Book 46 of 67 · published 2020 Anthology · Ted Hammond,Jim O'Connor,Who Hq
What Is a Presidential Election?
Book 47 of 67 · published 2020 Anthology · Douglas Yacka
What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
Book 48 of 67 · published 2020 Anthology · Sherri L. Smith
What Is Nintendo?
Book 49 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · Andrew Thomson,Gina Shaw
What Was the Age of Exploration?
Book 50 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · Catherine R. Daly,Jake Murray
What Is Congress?
Book 51 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · David Malan,Jill Abramson
What Are the Winter Olympics?
Book 53 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · Jake Murray,Gail Herman
What Was the Plague?
Book 54 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · Dede Putra,Roberta Edwards,Who Hq
What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
Book 55 of 67 · published 2021 Anthology · Sherri L. Smith
What Are Castles and Knights?
Book 56 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Dede Putra,Sarah Fabiny
What Is the AIDS Crisis?
Book 58 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Nico Medina
Who Was the Greatest?: Muhammad Ali
Book 59 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Gabe Soria
What Is the Supreme Court?
Book 60 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,Jill Abramson,Who Hq
Who Is the Man in the Air?: Michael Jordan
Book 61 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Gabe Soria
What Was Reconstruction?
Book 62 of 67 · published 2022 Anthology · Sherri L. Smith
What Is the Women's World Cup?
Book 63 of 67 · published 2023 Anthology · Ted Hammond,Gina Shaw
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
Book 64 of 67 · published 2023 Anthology · Caleb Gayle
What Was World War I?
Book 65 of 67 · published 2023 Anthology · Nico Medina,Dede Putra
What Was the Donner Party?
Book 66 of 67 · published 2023 Anthology · Ben Hubbard
What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
Latest in the series · book 67 of 67 · published 2023 Anthology · Dede Putra,Steve Korté
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Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 2020 Anthology · Manuel Gutiérrez,Stefanie Loh
Who Was Kobe Bryant?
Book 2 of 18 · published 2020 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,Ellen Labrecque
Who Is Kamala Harris?
Book 3 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Manuel Gutiérrez,Kirsten Anderson
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Book 4 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Manuel Gutiérrez,Kirsten Anderson
Who Is Ken Jennings?
Book 5 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Jake Murray,Kirsten Anderson
Who Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?
Book 6 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,James Buckley Jr.
What Is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?
Book 7 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Michael Burgan,Manuel Gutiérrez
Who Is Tom Brady?
Book 8 of 18 · published 2021 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,James Buckley Jr.
Who Is Colin Kaepernick?
Book 9 of 18 · published 2022 Co-authored · Gregory Copeland
Who Is Cristiano Ronaldo?
Book 10 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Gregory Copeland,James Buckley Jr.
Who Is Stacey Abrams?
Book 11 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Dede Putra,Shelia P. Moses
Who Is Zendaya?
Book 12 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Manuel Gutiérrez,Kirsten Anderson
Who Was Betty White?
Book 13 of 18 · published 2023 Anthology · Laurie A. Conley,Dana Meachen Rau
Who Is Harry Styles?
Book 14 of 18 · published 2023 Anthology · Kirsten Anderson
What Is a Solar Eclipse?
Book 16 of 18 · published 2024 Anthology · Dana Meachen Rau
Who Is Lionel Messi?
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2024 Anthology · James Buckley Jr.,Who Hq
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lakita Wilson?
Lakita Wilson American novelist Lakita Wilson crafts stories for young readers that truly capture their attention. She is the creative mind behind both engaging novels and fascinating true stories. Her work even includes books for the popular New York Times bestselling Who HQ Now series.
Which Lakita Wilson series should I start with?
The best place to start is the What Was...? series, the earliest of Lakita Wilson's multi-book series: it opens with What Was the Hindenburg? (2013) and runs to 67 books across 2013–2023, ending with What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888? (2023). Lakita Wilson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Lakita Wilson written?
Lakita Wilson has 98 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2025. 85 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the What Was...? series with 67 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lakita Wilson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lakita Wilson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are What Was...? (2013–2023, 67 books) and Who HQ Now (2020–2024, 18 books).
How are Lakita Wilson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lakita Wilson's 98 books into 2 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: What Was...? (67 books, 2013–2023); Who HQ Now (18 books, 2020–2024).