13 Top historical fiction books like Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus

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Village of Scoundrels

By: Margi Preus

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Village of Scoundrels , Newbery Honor recipient Margi Preus tells the incredible true story of a…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

By: Gary D. Schmidt

3.91

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for… read more

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  • teen
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches."

-Gary D. Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

"Lizzie Bright Griffin, do you ever wish the world would just go ahead and swallow you whole?" "Sometimes I do," she said, and then smiled. "but sometimes I figure I should just go ahead and swallow i…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

2. Twenty and Ten

By: William Pène du Bois , Claire Huchet Bishop

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary French kids in a boarding school agree to hid… read more

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3. Snow Treasure

By: Marie McSwigan , None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom's tiny Norwegian village a… read more

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4. The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)

By: Laura Ruby

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: t… read more

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5. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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6. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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7. 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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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz

8. 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 Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.60

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more

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10. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • holocaust
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11. Just Like That

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.37

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

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12. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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13. 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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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. 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 Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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15. 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 Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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16. 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 Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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17. 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 Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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18. Village of Scoundrels

By: Margi Preus

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Village of Scoundrels , Newbery Honor recipient Margi Preus tells the incredible true story of a… read more

Similar categories in Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • teen
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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19. Mirror Girls

By: Kelly McWilliams

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the bru… read more

Similar categories in Kelly McWilliams's Mirror Girls book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • teen
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Yours from the Tower

By: Sally Nicholls

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is p… read more

Similar categories in Sally Nicholls's Yours from the Tower book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • teen
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert

21. The Boy in the Red Dress

By: Kristin Lambert

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp o… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress book and Margi Preus's Village of Scoundrels

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"I'd never known freedom could feel so hollow"

-Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress

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Gary D. Schmidt

3.91

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Gordon Korman

4.24

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4.58

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Paul Volponi

3.75

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Lex Croucher

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Leslie Lutz

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