6 must-read holocaust books like This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda

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This Light Between Us

By: Andrew Fukuda

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jew…

If you liked the holocaust plot in This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

By: Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-tim… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Faria Stolarz's Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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2. If These Wings Could Fly

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's If These Wings Could Fly book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

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3. What I Carry

By: Jennifer Longo

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

For readers of Robin Benway's Far From the Tree, a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl ab… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Longo's What I Carry book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"The entire fucking point of being born is that someone is supposed to take care of you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Not being perfect is for people who have families; you can screw up and they still keep you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Memory is a fascinating thing. Months and years can pass, uneventful and lost, but then certain tiny moments, pieces of conversation or feelings within the thousands of blank days stay sharp, clear l…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"It's not like I'm dead inside. It's that I'm allergic to manufactured, insincere emotion. A lifetime of people saying one thing but doing the opposite has inoculated me, and now I understand how to s…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

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4. The Silent Unseen

By: Amanda McCrina

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing historical novel of suspense and intrigue about a teenage girl who risks everything t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda McCrina's The Silent Unseen book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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5. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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6. The Light in Hidden Places

By: Sharon Cameron

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by … read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's The Light in Hidden Places book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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7. Artifice

By: Sharon Cameron

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of Wor… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's Artifice book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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8. This Light Between Us

By: Andrew Fukuda

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jew… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • teen
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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9. How It All Blew Up

By: Arvin Ahmadi

3.84

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi's newest incisive look at identity … read more

Similar categories in Arvin Ahmadi's How It All Blew Up book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I rolled my eyes. " What, are you my dad now?" "Maybe your daddy..." "Just kidding," Neil said. "You probably don't even know what that means." "Hey, just because I came out like five seconds ago doe…"

-Arvin Ahmadi, How It All Blew Up

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10. The Length of a String

By: Elissa Brent Weissman

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birthparents. But when she discovers the diary … read more

Similar categories in Elissa Brent Weissman's The Length of a String book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • historical
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"I was looking up my name,"

-Elissa Brent Weissman, The Length of a String

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11. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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12. Be Not Far from Me

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips…"

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

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13. Fadeaway

By: E.B. Vickers

3.88

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more

Similar categories in E.B. Vickers's Fadeaway book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. The War Outside

By: Monica Hesse

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal.It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's The War Outside book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • teen
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks)

By: Abigail Johnson

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced original paperback thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be wh… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks) book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Right Side of Reckless

By: Whitney D. Grandison

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He’s never met a rule he didn’t break… She’s followed the rules her whole life… When they meet, one… read more

Similar categories in Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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17. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

By: Jared Reck

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story a… read more

Similar categories in Jared Reck's Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
" HAMBURGARE Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- POMMES FRITES Fresh-cut fries ---- ---- ---- MUNKAR ---- ---- ---- ---- "

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"Goat cheese poutine. Fresh-cut fries. Thick, rich beef gravy. Some other secret goodies splashed in. And creamy, tangy goat cheese. Jösses, the stuff was life-changing."

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"We stuck with the traditional Äpple Munk and the favorite munkhål, but we also added a seasonal one I'd been working on in Mrs. Bixler's room during this dramatic lull in school-apple leftovers. I'd …"

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"I wonder if maybe Farfar's heaven would be steering his own kart, inside the game, his gray ponytail slowly flapping in the lessened gravity of Rainbow Road, cackling as a smiling puff-cloud fishes h…"

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

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18. Eat Your Heart Out

By: Kelly deVos

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more

Similar categories in Kelly deVos's Eat Your Heart Out book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. Worser

By: Jennifer Ziegler

3.93

Format: None pages, None

A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turn… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ziegler's Worser book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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20. Golden Arm

By: Carl Deuker

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks find… read more

Similar categories in Carl Deuker's Golden Arm book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • teen
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Hazard

By: Frances O'Roark Dowell

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his fathe… read more

Similar categories in Frances O'Roark Dowell's Hazard book and Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us

  • fiction
  • war
  • young adult

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Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

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Kyrie McCauley

4.25

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What I Carry

Jennifer Longo

4.22

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Amanda McCrina

3.71

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In the Wild Light

Jeff Zentner

4.46

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The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

Mindy McGinnis

3.67

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A Year to the Day

Robin Benway

3.49

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Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

Tricia Levenseller

3.96

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