5 Best historical fiction books like The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

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The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T…

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1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • jewish
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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4. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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7. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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9. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • audiobook
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10. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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13. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Salt the Water book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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16. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth M. Cadow's Gather book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

17. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • jewish
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

18. The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

By: Mari Lowe

3.86

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

SHAINDY is a twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who struggles in school and has no good friends. … read more

Similar categories in Mari Lowe's The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • jewish
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19. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

20. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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21. An Impossible Thing to Say

By: Arya Shahi

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Omid needs the right words to connect with his newly met grandfather and distant Iranian heritage, … read more

Similar categories in Arya Shahi's An Impossible Thing to Say book and Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

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