8 must-read war books like Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs

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Torn Thread

By: Anne Isaacs

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A searing Holocaust novel based on a true story. Twelve-year-old Eva and her sister have been force…

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1. Torn Thread

By: Anne Isaacs

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A searing Holocaust novel based on a true story. Twelve-year-old Eva and her sister have been force… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • holocaust
Cover of Ashes (Seeds of America, #3) by Laurie Halse Anderson

2. Ashes (Seeds of America, #3)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.35

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Freedom for one, freedom for all? That’s the question that burns in Isabel’s mind as she and Cur… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust by Lois Metzger, Lola Rein Kaufman

3. The Hidden Girl: A True Story of the Holocaust

By: Lois Metzger , Lola Rein Kaufman

4.04

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

When her mother is killed by the Gestapo, a Jewish girl named Lola is sent into hiding. At first, L… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff, Troy Howl

4. The Christmas Doll

By: Elvira Woodruff , Troy Howl

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In a heartwarming novel that is destined to become a Christmas classic, acclaimed author Elvira Woo… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

5. Someone Named Eva

By: Joan M. Wolf

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken from her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, along with other … read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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6. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Yellow Star

By: Jennifer Roy

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, sha… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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8. Elijah of Buxton

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Doll People (Doll People, #1) by Ann M. Martin, Brian Selznick, Laura Godwin, HPFC

9. The Doll People (Doll People, #1)

By: Ann M. Martin , Brian Selznick , Laura Godwin , HPFC

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annabelle Doll is 8 years old--and has been for over 100 years. Nothing much has changed in the dol… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

10. I Have Lived a Thousand Years

By: None

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders thirteen-year-old- Elli Friedmann, just… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
Cover of Then (Once, #2) by Morris Gleitzman

11. Then (Once, #2)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In Then- Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) by Judith Kerr

12. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)

By: Judith Kerr

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning,… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan

13. Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story

By: Lila Perl , Marion Blumenthal Lazan

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan's acclaimed Holocaust memoir features … read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
Cover of Once (Once, #1) by Morris Gleitzman

14. Once (Once, #1)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust

15. The Devil's Arithmetic

By: Jane Yolen

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Hannah thinks tonight Passover Seder will be the same as always. But this year she will be mysterio… read more

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16. The Boy Who Dared

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany… read more

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17. Dancing Shoes (Shoes, #9)

By: Noel Streatfeild

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wintle's Little Wonders When Cora Wintle goes to pick up her orphaned niece, Rachel, she discovers … read more

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18. The Upstairs Room

By: Johanna Reiss

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week - tulips in the spring, ros… read more

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19. One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with… read more

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20. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more

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21. The Cage

By: Ruth Minsky Sender

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

As long as there is life, there is hope After Mama is taken away by the Nazis, Riva and her younger… read more

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4.24

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4.04

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4.25

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Allan Zullo

4.23

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Laura Hillman

3.78

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