13 Top middle grade books like Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII by Jim Eldridge

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Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII

By: Jim Eldridge

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII I was lifting one of our mines when there was an explosion from the …

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Cover of Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790 by Goldie Alexander

1. Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790

By: Goldie Alexander

3.53

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Elizabeth Harvey, thrown into London's Newgate Prison in 1790 for a crime she didn't commit, finds … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of To Kill a Queen: An Elizabethan Girl's Diary 1583 -1586 by Valerie Wilding

2. To Kill a Queen: An Elizabethan Girl's Diary 1583 -1586

By: Valerie Wilding

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This is the diary of 12-year-old Kitty Lumsden, the daughter of Bloody Tower diarist, Tilly Middlet… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pinocchio by John Boyne, Unknown, Monteiro Lobato, Carlo Collodi

3. Pinocchio

By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"Hunger is the best cook."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

Cover of Sophie's Secret War: A Second World War Girl's Diary, 1939-1940 by Jill Atkins

4. Sophie's Secret War: A Second World War Girl's Diary, 1939-1940

By: Jill Atkins

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

In 1939 at the start of the war, Sophie becomes a messenger for a resistance group in Northern Fran… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of Road to War: A First World War Girl's Diary, 1916 by Valerie Wilding

5. Road to War: A First World War Girl's Diary, 1916

By: Valerie Wilding

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action, … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pompeii: A Roman Girl's Diary, AD 78 by Sue Reid

6. Pompeii: A Roman Girl's Diary, AD 78

By: Sue Reid

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's August AD 78 and Claudia is at the Forum in Pompeii. It's a day of strange encounters and even… read more

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  • diary
  • historical
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  • historical fiction
Cover of Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942 by Hugh Brewster

7. Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942

By: Hugh Brewster

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

I Am Canada Adventure. Duty. Danger. Fear. Canada's past comes alive through the eyes of young men … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
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  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of Highway Girl: An English Girl's Diary, 1670 by Valerie Wilding

8. Highway Girl: An English Girl's Diary, 1670

By: Valerie Wilding

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917 by John  Wilson

9. Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917

By: John Wilson

3.67

Format: 346 pages,

Sentenced to death for abandoning his unit, a soldier recounts the events leading up to his arrest.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

10. Sink and Destroy: The Battle of the Atlantic, Bill O'Connell, North Atlantic, 1940

By: Edward Kay

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Bill O'Connell is a new recruit in the Royal Canadian Navy, assigned to a ship tha… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Bloody Tower: The Diary of Tilly Middleton, London, 1553-1559 by Valerie Wilding

11. Bloody Tower: The Diary of Tilly Middleton, London, 1553-1559

By: Valerie Wilding

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. Behind Enemy Lines: World War II

By: Carol Matas

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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13. War Nurse: The Diary of Kitty Langley, 1939-1940

By: Sue Reid

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

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14. Berlin Olympics

By: Vince Cross

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

In 1935, Eleanor Rhys Davies is growing up in a changing world. She and her best friend, Sarah, are… read more

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15. Princess of Egypt: An Egyptian Girl's Diary, 1490 BC

By: Vince Cross

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

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16. Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912

By: Hugh Brewster

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England aboard the Titanic. In his four… read more

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17. Blood and Iron: Building the Railroad, Lee Heen-gwong, British Columbia, 1882

By: Paul Yee

4.62

Format: 290 pages,

I Am Canada Adventure. Duty. Danger. Fear. Canada's past comes alive through the eyes of young men … read more

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18. A Call to Battle: War of 1812

By: Gillian Chan

3.67

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy. It's 1812. War has begun, a… read more

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Cover of Twentieth Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington, London, 1899-1900 by Carol Drinkwater

19. Twentieth Century Girl: The Diary of Flora Bonnington, London, 1899-1900

By: Carol Drinkwater

3.44

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

22 December 1899 Time is marching forward, carrying us over the threshold and pitching us willy nil… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII

By: Jim Eldridge

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII I was lifting one of our mines when there was an explosion from the … read more

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  • diary
  • historical
  • war
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  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Brothers in Arms: The Siege of Louisbourg, Sébastien deL'Espérance, New France, 1758 by Don Aker

21. Brothers in Arms: The Siege of Louisbourg, Sébastien deL'Espérance, New France, 1758

By: Don Aker

3.55

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A riveting story of a pivotal battle in the Seven Years’ War that changed Canadian history forever.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction

9 must-read fiction books like Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII by Jim Eldridge

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Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790

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3.53

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Valerie Wilding

3.71

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Pinocchio

John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

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Road to War: A First World War Girl's Diary, 1916

Valerie Wilding

5.00

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Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871

Pamela Oldfield

3.68

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To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 (Dear Canada)

Barbara Haworth-Attard

4.25

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Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

3.95

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3.71

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