5 best-selling adventure books like Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian …

"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

If you liked the adventure plot in Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Refugee

By: Alan Gratz

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Prisoner B-3087

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087 book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

5. Code of Honor

By: Alan Gratz

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Live by the code. Die by the code? Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dat… read more

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6. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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7. Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II

By: Alan Gratz

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Hardcover

Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage. World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Irela… read more

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8. Stolen Girl

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces a… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Stolen Girl book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

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  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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10. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Traitors Among Us

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

World War II may be over. But two sisters are far from safe. Inspired by true events, this is th… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Traitors Among Us book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Allies

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Allies book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

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14. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

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15. The War Below

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now, Luka has smuggl… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's The War Below book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Making Bombs for Hitler

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is n… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Winterkill

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, this incredibly gripping and timely story set during… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Winterkill book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Grenade

By: Alan Gratz

4.17

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed pheno… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Grenade book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Don't Tell the Nazis

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the invading Nazis, but the risks are immense. How much will s… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I couldn't control that the Nazis considered me "subhuman." But I could control how I treated others."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

"When I was little, Tato told me the story of a frog that was put in a pot of cool water. The pot was put on the stove to simmer, but it heated so gradually that the frog didn't realize it was being c…"

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

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20. Trapped in Hitler's Web

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler and Stolen Girl) delivers a gripping sto… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Pixie Pushes On

By: Tamara Bundy

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A young girl learns bittersweet life lessons on the family farm after her sister gets polio, in thi… read more

Similar categories in Tamara Bundy's Pixie Pushes On book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Alan Gratz

3.16

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

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Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

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Rescue

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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4.31

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4.15

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