19 Top fiction books like When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler

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When the World Was Ours

By: Liz Kessler

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a poign…

If you liked the fiction plot in When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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2. 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

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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4. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Uprising book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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6. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. When I See Blue

By: Lily Bailey

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben's head ... There are 4 things you should know abou… read more

Similar categories in Lily Bailey's When I See Blue book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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8. Shot Clock (Shot Clock, 1)

By: Caron Butler

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book in … read more

Similar categories in Caron Butler's Shot Clock (Shot Clock, 1) book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. When the World Was Ours

By: Liz Kessler

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a poign… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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10. Violets Are Blue

By: Barbara Dee

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Violets Are Blue book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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11. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. Ten Thousand Tries

By: Amy Makechnie

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more

Similar categories in Amy Makechnie's Ten Thousand Tries book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

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13. Het pungelhuis

By: Annet Huizing

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"Bleek ik toch al die jaren een opa te hebben. Eentje. Maar daar kwam ik pas achter op de dag dat h… read more

Similar categories in Annet Huizing's Het pungelhuis book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. Yonder

By: Ali Standish

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more

Similar categories in Ali Standish's Yonder book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Wan-Long Shang's The Secret Battle of Evan Pao book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Golden Hour

By: Niki Smith

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more

Similar categories in Niki Smith's The Golden Hour book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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18. Treasure Island: Runaway Gold

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Isl… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Treasure Island: Runaway Gold book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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19. Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel)

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two student-athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth,… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel) book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. The Boy Behind the Wall

By: Maximillian Jones

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Soon after moving to West Berlin for his US diplomat father's work, Harry Rogers witnesses the shoo… read more

Similar categories in Maximillian Jones's The Boy Behind the Wall book and Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

5 must-read historical fiction books like When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.42

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When the World Was Ours

Liz Kessler

4.51

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Yonder

Ali Standish

4.29

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Andrea Beatriz Arango

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