20 Best middle grade books like I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII by Jenni L. Walsh

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I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.16

Format: None pages, None

A story about a real-life youth resistance group in World War II Germany, and about the power of th…

If you liked the middle grade plot in I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII by Jenni L. Walsh , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Glory Be

By: Augusta Scattergood

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.As much as G… read more

Similar categories in Augusta Scattergood's Glory Be book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them."

-Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be

"I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything."

-Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be

"Real secrets mean more than hiding that card game from you daddy. Real secrets can be hurtful. Make people do bad things."

-Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be

"There's more to stories than it seems at first looking," she said. "Two sides to most stories. Folks better be thinking about that for once."

-Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be

2. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

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3. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Stolen Girl

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces a… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Stolen Girl book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • 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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6. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • 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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8. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
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9. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen

10. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • germany
  • middle grade
  • war
  • 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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12. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

13. Making Bombs for Hitler

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is n… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Making Bombs for Hitler book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Escape from East Berlin (Escape From #2) by Andy Marino

14. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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16. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

17. 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 Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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18. Trapped in Hitler's Web

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler and Stolen Girl) delivers a gripping sto… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Trapped in Hitler's Web book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII by Jenni L. Walsh

19. I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.16

Format: None pages, None

A story about a real-life youth resistance group in World War II Germany, and about the power of th… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb (Scholastic Focus) by Candace Fleming

21. The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb (Scholastic Focus)

By: Candace Fleming

4.24

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb, the Western public's belief that the dig was c… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb (Scholastic Focus) book and Jenni L. Walsh's I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII

  • historical
  • middle grade

18 Top fiction books like I Am Defiance: A Novel of WWII by Jenni L. Walsh

Transform Your Habits

Glory Be

Augusta Scattergood

3.90

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Rescue

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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Stolen Girl

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

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Two Degrees

Alan Gratz

4.15

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18 Top fiction books like A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Refugee

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

Transform Your Habits

Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

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