20 must-read middle grade books like Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

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Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. How to Become a Planet

By: Nicole Melleby

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorit… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Melleby's How to Become a Planet book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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2. 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 Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
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3. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. 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

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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6. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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7. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Partridge's Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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8. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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9. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

From author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a new series about the world’s youngest and smart… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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10. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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12. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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13. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • poetry
  • middle grade
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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14. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

15. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • music
  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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16. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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17. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • music
  • middle grade
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18. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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19. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. 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 Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade
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21. 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 Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  • middle grade

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