9 must-read historical books like The End of the World and Beyond by Avi

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The End of the World and Beyond

By: Avi

4.07

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to h…

If you liked the historical plot in The End of the World and Beyond by Avi , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Sing Down the Moon

By: Scott O'Dell

3.76

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life. One lovely spring day, f… read more

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  • american history
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Space Case (Moon Base Alpha #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.12

Format: 260 pages, ebook

It's a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author … read more

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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

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5. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

By: Mildred D. Taylor

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

6. Seeking Refuge

By: Kathryn Shoemaker , None

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

In this follow-up to the successful Goodbye Marianne, Irene Watts explores what it is like for a yo… read more

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7. Polaris

By: Michael Northrop

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Alone at sea, with only the stars to guide them... The proud sailing ship Polaris is on a mission t… read more

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8. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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9. Spy School Project X (Spy School #10)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against tim… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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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

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  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"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

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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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

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Big Tree

By: Brian Selznick

4.04

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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15. 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

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Wild River (The Wild, #2)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a white water rafting trip, when he's awoken b… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

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18. 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

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra (Charlie Thorne #3)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The End of the World and Beyond

By: Avi

4.07

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to h… read more

Similar categories in Avi's The End of the World and Beyond book and Avi's The End of the World and Beyond

  • audiobook
  • american history
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

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3.16

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