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 …
Want to Read $ 10.99"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero
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1. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
2. 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
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
3. 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
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- 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)
4. Ghost (Track, #1)
By: Jason Reynolds
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
5. 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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6. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
By: Linda Sue Park
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more
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7. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
By: Dusti Bowling
3.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more
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8. Rescue
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.31
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
9. Linked
By: Gordon Korman
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."-Gordon Korman, Linked
10. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- survival
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
11. 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
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. Lifeboat 12
By: Susan Hood
4.19
Format: 337 pages, Unknown Binding
With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects h… read more
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- survival
- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. The Fort
By: Gordon Korman
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
14. 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
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. Iceberg
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more
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- survival
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg
16. Uprising
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America
By: Ruth Gruener
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents we… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
18. 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
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire
19. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
20. Lines of Courage
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.30
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
21. 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
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
22. 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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- survival
- childrens
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero
23. 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
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- survival
- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
24. 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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- survival
- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
25. Escape from East Berlin (Escape From #2)
By: Andy Marino
3.82
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A historical thriller, chronicling two daring attempts to cross the Berlin Wall, set decades apart.… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
26. Escape from Chernobyl
By: Andy Marino
3.83
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thr… read more
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- survival
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"It's not merely that life is fragile- but the plans we make, the paths we plot, all of it so easily thrown off course."-Andy Marino, Escape from Chernobyl
27. Escape from Stalingrad (Escape From #3)
By: Andy Marino
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
From the author of Escape from Chernobyl comes another fast-paced historical thriller about a city … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- historical fiction
28. War Stories
By: Gordon Korman
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and… read more
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- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- war
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
29. Resistance
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.32
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"In the knowing, there was peace."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
30. 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
- realistic fiction
- 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
