7 must-read adventure books like Anna at War by Helen Peters

Cover of Anna at War by Helen Peters

Anna at War

By: Helen Peters

4.54

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

As life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna’s parents put her on one of the last tr…

If you liked the adventure plot in Anna at War by Helen Peters , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

1. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

Cover of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

2. Private Peaceful

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the Children's Laureate of England, a stunning novel of the First World War, a boy who is on i… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I have no pity for them, but no hatred either"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Tonight, more than any other night, I want to feel alive."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Here there are no folds in the fields, only wide open plains, scarcely a hill in sight. And instead of church towers they have spires that thrust themselves skywards like a child putting his hand up …"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

Cover of First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1) by Enid Blyton

3. First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1)

By: Enid Blyton

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Darrell Rivers begins her happy life at Malory Towers two terms later than the other girls, but she… read more

Similar categories in Enid Blyton's First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1) book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, Gelrev Ongbico

4. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

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5. The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.72

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, this story is about lifelong friendship and one a… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Emergency Zoo

By: Miriam Halahmy

3.70

Format: 24 pages,

When the war comes, who will save the animals? It is late August 1939: Britain is on the brink of w… read more

Similar categories in Miriam Halahmy's The Emergency Zoo book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo

7. War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1) book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

8. Frost Hollow Hall

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

'The gates to Frost Hollow Hall loomed before us. They were great tall things, the ironwork all twi… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's Frost Hollow Hall book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1) by Robin Stevens

9. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1) book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Forgotten Pearl

By: Belinda Murrell

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

When Chloe visits her grandmother, she learns how close the Second World War came to destroying her… read more

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11. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

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12. Five Run Away Together (Famous Five, #3)

By: Enid Blyton

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

New and contemporary cover treatment brings The Famous Five into the 21st Century, and to a whole n… read more

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13. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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Cover of Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4) by Terri Libenson

14. Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4)

By: Terri Libenson

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of frien… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4) book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens

15. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay

16. The Skylarks’ War

By: Hilary McKay

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandpare… read more

Similar categories in Hilary McKay's The Skylarks’ War book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were no rules, only consequences."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"There were not rules, only consequences"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"This was school, and everything he'd feared. Barren, jarring, stale, always lonely and never alone. He had known it would be bad, and it was."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"Away from the front, where the supply lines ran, there were rest camps and first aid stations, and even patches of farmland. Often at that time of year you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldie…"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

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17. The Tale of Truthwater Lake

By: Emma Carroll

4.21

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

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19. The Ghost of Gosswater

By: Lucy Strange

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A thrilling Gothic tale from the author of Our Castle by the Sea, shortlisted for the Waterstones C… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Ghost of Gosswater book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr

20. The Valley of Lost Secrets

By: Lesley Parr

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

September 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more differe… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's The Valley of Lost Secrets book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's wrong to tar everyone in a family with the same brush."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

"It's a weak adult who gets their power from hitting a child."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

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21. One Moment

By: Becky Hunter

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn't feel fair … read more

Similar categories in Becky Hunter's One Moment book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • fiction
Cover of A Girl Called Justice (Justice Jones, #1) by Elly Griffiths

22. A Girl Called Justice (Justice Jones, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.09

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for... For a fearless girl called Justic… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's A Girl Called Justice (Justice Jones, #1) book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Secrets of a Sun King

By: Emma Carroll

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

THE BOOKSELLER'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 201… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's Secrets of a Sun King book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst

24. Fantastically Great Women Who Made History

By: Kate Pankhurst

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Fantastically Great Women Who Made History is the eagerly anticipated follow up to Kate Pankhurst's… read more

Similar categories in Kate Pankhurst's Fantastically Great Women Who Made History book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • historical
  • childrens
Cover of When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr

25. When The War Came Home

By: Lesley Parr

4.31

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village,… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's When The War Came Home book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. When We Were Warriors

By: Emma Carroll

4.19

Format: None pages, ebook

An irresistible return to World War Two for the Queen of Historical Fiction. A body washed up on… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's When We Were Warriors book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Anna at War by Helen Peters

27. Anna at War

By: Helen Peters

4.54

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

As life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna’s parents put her on one of the last tr… read more

Similar categories in Helen Peters's Anna at War book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Never Forget You by Jamila Gavin

28. Never Forget You

By: Jamila Gavin

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling ana award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Jamila Gavin's Never Forget You book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • historical
  • war
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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29. Murder at Snowfall

By: Fleur Hitchcock

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there’s bound to be a body … read more

Similar categories in Fleur Hitchcock's Murder at Snowfall book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Secret Journal (Ella at Eden #2) by Laura Sieveking

30. Secret Journal (Ella at Eden #2)

By: Laura Sieveking

4.36

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has settled in to life at Eden College. She loves her friends and exploring her new school. Wh… read more

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Cover of The Detective's Guide to New York City by Nicki Greenberg

31. The Detective's Guide to New York City

By: Nicki Greenberg

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new adventure and mystery for Pepper Stark and her friends. Pepper Stark is thrilled… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Greenberg's The Detective's Guide to New York City book and Helen Peters's Anna at War

  • historical
  • middle grade

23 best-selling fiction books like Anna at War by Helen Peters

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The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

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Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Transform Your Habits

First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1)

Enid Blyton

4.13

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Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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Sam Angus

4.15

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Blind Beauty

K.M. Peyton

3.24

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A. LaFaye

4.20

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