25 must-read middle grade books like Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

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Don't Tell the Nazis

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the invading Nazis, but the risks are immense. How much will s…

"I couldn't control that the Nazis considered me "subhuman." But I could control how I treated others."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

"When I was little, Tato told me the story of a frog that was put in a pot of cool water. The pot was put on the stove to simmer, but it heated so gradually that the frog didn't realize it was being cooked until too late. That's how I felt about the Commandant and his plans for Viteretz. Each of his actions was worse than the last, but then we adjusted."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

If you liked the middle grade plot in Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
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2. Refugee

By: Alan Gratz

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Refugee book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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4. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

5. Code of Honor

By: Alan Gratz

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Live by the code. Die by the code? Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dat… read more

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6. The Boy Who Dared

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany… read more

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7. The Scourge

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

When a plague isn't all that kills... As a lethal plague sweeps through the land, Ani Mells is shoc… read more

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8. 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

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9. Odette's Secrets

By: Maryann Macdonald

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris, nowhere is safe. So when Odette Meyer's father is sent to a Nazi w… read more

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10. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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12. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

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14. Allies

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Allies book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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16. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
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17. Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

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18. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. 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

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • 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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20. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

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21. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • 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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22. The Fear Zone

By: K.R. Alexander

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

If you don't stand up to your fears,they will destroy you.When five kids are invited to a cemetery … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Fear Zone book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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23. Escape from East Berlin (Escape From #2)

By: Andy Marino

3.82

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

A historical thriller, chronicling two daring attempts to cross the Berlin Wall, set decades apart.… read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's Escape from East Berlin (Escape From #2) book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

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26. Resist: A Story of D-Day

By: Alan Gratz

4.09

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

Back flap copy: An exclusive, action-packed story about one girl's daring rescue mission during … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Resist: A Story of D-Day book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Grenade

By: Alan Gratz

4.17

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed pheno… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Grenade book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Don't Tell the Nazis

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the invading Nazis, but the risks are immense. How much will s… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"I couldn't control that the Nazis considered me "subhuman." But I could control how I treated others."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

"When I was little, Tato told me the story of a frog that was put in a pot of cool water. The pot was put on the stove to simmer, but it heated so gradually that the frog didn't realize it was being c…"

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

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29. 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 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
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30. Conspiracy (The Plot to Kill Hitler, #1)

By: Andy Marino

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Based on the real-life scheme to take down one of history's greatest monsters, this heart-pounding … read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's Conspiracy (The Plot to Kill Hitler, #1) book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Escape (The Plot to Kill Hitler, #3) by Andy Marino

31. The Escape (The Plot to Kill Hitler, #3)

By: Andy Marino

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Based on the real-life scheme to take down one of history's greatest monsters, this heart-pounding … read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's The Escape (The Plot to Kill Hitler, #3) book and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction

21 must-read fiction books like Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

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Alan Gratz

3.16

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Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

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Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

4.00

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Alan Gratz

3.16

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The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

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4.27

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