18 must-read middle grade books like A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her…

"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. 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

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Refugee book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. 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 A Night Divided

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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 A Night Divided

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Out of My Mind

By: Sharon M. Draper

3.73

Format: None pages,

Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Out of My Mind book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. 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 A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • 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)

7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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 A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. 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

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • 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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12. 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

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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 A Night Divided

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. 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 A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

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16. 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

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • 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

Cover of The War Below by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

17. 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 A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. 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

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Making Bombs for Hitler book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. 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 A Night Divided

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

20. 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

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • 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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21. The Six-Day Hero

By: Tammar Stein

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old, the same age as Motti's brave ol… read more

Similar categories in Tammar Stein's The Six-Day Hero book and Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

18 Top fiction books like A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

4.00

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Refugee

Alan Gratz

3.16

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

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Alan Gratz

4.27

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18 best-selling fiction books like Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Transform Your Habits

The Enemy Above: A Novel of World War II

Michael P. Spradlin

4.07

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Alan Gratz

3.16

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Alan Gratz

4.27

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Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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