22 best-selling world war ii books like We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson

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We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

By: Deborah Hopkinson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi…

If you liked the world war ii plot in We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb

1. The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

By: Neal Bascomb

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final So… read more

Similar categories in Neal Bascomb's The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust by Lois Metzger, Lola Rein Kaufman

2. The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust

By: Lois Metzger , Lola Rein Kaufman

4.04

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

When her mother is killed by the Gestapo, a Jewish girl named Lola is sent into hiding. At first, L… read more

Similar categories in Lois Metzger's The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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3. Prisoner B-3087

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087 book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • holocaust

4. Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II

By: Alan Gratz

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Hardcover

Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage. World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Irela… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

5. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox

By: Carol Burnett

3.00

Format: 24 pages,

Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variet… read more

Similar categories in Carol Burnett's In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

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6. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Rescue book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
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7. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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 Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
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9. Traitors Among Us

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

World War II may be over. But two sisters are far from safe. Inspired by true events, this is th… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Traitors Among Us book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • juvenile
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10. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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11. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

Cover of Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman

12. Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"

By: Deborah Heiligman

4.15

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacua… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Heiligman's Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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13. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin

14. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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15. Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America

By: Ruth Gruener

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents we… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Gruener's Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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16. Operation: Happy

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A girl, her dog, and the list that saved them... As World War II enters her backyard, a young gi… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's Operation: Happy book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • juvenile
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17. Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany

By: James Wyllie

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of th… read more

Similar categories in James Wyllie's Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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18. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List by Rena Finder

19. My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List

By: Rena Finder

4.22

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schin… read more

Similar categories in Rena Finder's My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
"Like many other survivors, I feel an obligation to tell my story again and again. The Holocaust was the scientifically designed, state-sponsored murder of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany and its al…"

-Rena Finder, My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List

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20. Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

By: Renee Hartman

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn ever… read more

Similar categories in Renee Hartman's Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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21. Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America (Scholastic Focus)

By: Samantha Seiple

3.70

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A gripping tale of the little-known Nazi plot to attack on American soil, and the brave individuals… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Seiple's Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America (Scholastic Focus) book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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22. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Julie Lee's Brother's Keeper book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. Escape from Chernobyl

By: Andy Marino

3.83

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thr… read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's Escape from Chernobyl book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It's not merely that life is fragile- but the plans we make, the paths we plot, all of it so easily thrown off course."

-Andy Marino, Escape from Chernobyl

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24. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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25. Resistance

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Resistance book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
"In the knowing, there was peace."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

Cover of Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel (Whatever After Graphic Novels #1) by Sarah Mlynowski

26. Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel (Whatever After Graphic Novels #1)

By: Sarah Mlynowski

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The magic of the New York Times and PW bestselling Whatever After series comes to life in this bran… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mlynowski's Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel (Whatever After Graphic Novels #1) book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro

27. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

By: Ben Shapiro

4.10

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it’s taken us 250 years to build—and they’ll s… read more

Similar categories in Ben Shapiro's How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Yes, we are flawed. Yes, we are cruel and generous and brutal and gentle and cynical and idealistic. But most of all, we must not be enemies. We must be Americans - Americans together - and we will b…"

-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

"The story of America is one of the great stories in human history. America was founded on great principles; America has struggled to live up to those principles, but with each step toward those princ…"

-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

"I want my kids to have their adventure. That's the great joy of life: the adventure, choosing correctly in the face of adversity, overcoming obstacles and thriving. They can only have that adventure …"

-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

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28. Winterkill

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, this incredibly gripping and timely story set during… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Winterkill book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • historical
  • middle grade
Cover of We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson

29. We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

By: Deborah Hopkinson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • juvenile
Cover of Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz

30. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
Cover of A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp by Jack Fairweather

31. A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

By: Jack Fairweather

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently… read more

Similar categories in Jack Fairweather's A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp book and Deborah Hopkinson's We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

12 Best history books like We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson

Transform Your Habits

The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

Neal Bascomb

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust

Lois Metzger , Lola Rein Kaufman

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"

Deborah Heiligman

4.15

Transform Your Habits

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

Steve Sheinkin

4.49

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16 must-read fiction books like Winterkill by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Transform Your Habits

Rescue

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

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Two Degrees

Alan Gratz

4.15

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