21 Top historical fiction books like The Child on Platform One by Gill Thompson

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The Child on Platform One

By: Gill Thompson

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the K…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Child on Platform One by Gill Thompson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Girl in the Letter by Emily Gunnis

1. The Girl in the Letter

By: Emily Gunnis

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Girl in the Letter book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Manai, kad ilgėsiesi tik gerųjų žmogaus savybių, bet iš tiesų pasiilgsti visko."

-Emily Gunnis, The Girl in the Letter

"Pavojinga lyginti save su kitais. Visą tiesą galime žinoti tik apie savo pačių gyvenimą."

-Emily Gunnis, The Girl in the Letter

Cover of The American Girl by Rachael English

2. The American Girl

By: Rachael English

4.17

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The American Girl book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story by Mark deMeza

3. The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

By: Mark deMeza

4.26

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisc… read more

Similar categories in Mark deMeza's The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of De fenomenala fruntimren på Grand Hôtel by Ruth Kvarnström-Jones

4. De fenomenala fruntimren på Grand Hôtel

By: Ruth Kvarnström-Jones

4.16

Format: 495 pages, Hardcover

I början av 1900-talet är Stockholm en stad i förändring. Medan rika drömmer om större bostäder med… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Kvarnström-Jones's De fenomenala fruntimren på Grand Hôtel book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Lost Song of Paris

By: Sarah Steele

4.59

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

'For a moment she closed her eyes and imagined she was perched on the diving board at the Piscine M… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Steele's The Lost Song of Paris book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. A Child for the Reich

By: Andie Newton

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

They’ve stolen her child And she’ll do anything to get her back Rumours of the Reich’s dreaded … read more

Similar categories in Andie Newton's A Child for the Reich book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Child on Platform One by Gill   Thompson

7. The Child on Platform One

By: Gill Thompson

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the K… read more

Similar categories in Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • jewish
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • 20th century
  • novels
  • holocaust
Cover of Margot's Secret (Margot's Secret #3) by Roberta Kagan

8. Margot's Secret (Margot's Secret #3)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Amid the chaos of Hitler's conquest of Europe, a family teeters on the edge of utter destruction. … read more

Similar categories in Roberta Kagan's Margot's Secret (Margot's Secret #3) book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical fiction
Cover of The German Child by Catherine Hokin

9. The German Child

By: Catherine Hokin

4.37

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1944. ‘No! Not my child!’ Annaliese screams, her voice breaking as she pounds the window us… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hokin's The German Child book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Poppy Sisters

By: Deborah Carr

3.93

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Divided by war. Reunited by courage. Two sisters, torn apart by war, face daily battles to save th… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Carr's The Poppy Sisters book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girls Left Behind by Emily Gunnis

11. The Girls Left Behind

By: Emily Gunnis

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Daisy, I miss you so much. I'm sorry I broke my promise to never be separated from you. I have… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Girls Left Behind book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girl With No Name by Reine Andrieu

12. The Girl With No Name

By: Reine Andrieu

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She may not remember her name, but her body knows. 1940. When a French family is forced to hous… read more

Similar categories in Reine Andrieu's The Girl With No Name book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Child of the Ruins

By: Kate Furnivall

4.24

Format: 477 pages, Kindle Edition

People are disappearing. I spoke to my neighbour yesterday, we laughed at some nonsense, and today … read more

Similar categories in Kate Furnivall's Child of the Ruins book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Life I Stole by Nikola Scott

14. The Life I Stole

By: Nikola Scott

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1953. England is finally starting to recover from World War Two. Shop shelves are filling, the … read more

Similar categories in Nikola Scott's The Life I Stole book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Missing Daughter by Emily Gunnis

15. The Missing Daughter

By: Emily Gunnis

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the runaway bestseller The Girl in the Letter comes a heartwrenching, twisting n… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gunnis's The Missing Daughter book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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16. Daughters of Warsaw

By: Maria Frances

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional World War Two time-slip of one woman’s inspiring, dangerous and courageous undertaking… read more

Similar categories in Maria Frances's Daughters of Warsaw book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Traitor's Wife by Sarah   Steele

17. The Traitor's Wife

By: Sarah Steele

4.60

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

'Do it,' she said to the German, her voice a rasping whisper. 'Shoot me if you dare. I am Maddale… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Steele's The Traitor's Wife book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Winter Child by Carly Schabowski

18. The Winter Child

By: Carly Schabowski

4.29

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Please don’t do this!’ Irena’s shrill cry pierces the night air, her screams breaking the silence … read more

Similar categories in Carly Schabowski's The Winter Child book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman

19. Black Fox One

By: Elyse Hoffman

4.16

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Th… read more

Similar categories in Elyse Hoffman's Black Fox One book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Children’s Nurse: A WWII Historical Survival Novel Based on a True Story by Ehud Regev

20. The Children’s Nurse: A WWII Historical Survival Novel Based on a True Story

By: Ehud Regev

3.94

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Warsaw, 1939. Merie watches as the flames of war engulf the place she and her husband once called h… read more

Similar categories in Ehud Regev's The Children’s Nurse: A WWII Historical Survival Novel Based on a True Story book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of Stumbling Stones by Bonnie Suchman

21. Stumbling Stones

By: Bonnie Suchman

4.43

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Alice Heppenheimer, born into a prosperous German Jewish family around the turn of the twentieth ce… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Suchman's Stumbling Stones book and Gill Thompson's The Child on Platform One

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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