13 best-selling historical books like The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) by Kit Pearson

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The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)

By: Kit Pearson

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler's army. Norah lies in bed …

If you liked the historical plot in The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) by Kit Pearson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Dear Canada)

By: Jean Little

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

It has been two long years since Eliza's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up i… read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is very annoying, when people notice your weak moments but never see your strong ones."

-Jean Little, Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Dear Canada)

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2. The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.00

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We have to remember this,"

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"They were going to turn her into a boy."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"These are unusual times. They call for ordinary people to do unusual things, just to get by."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

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3. Mary Anne

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.43

Format: 351 pages, ebook

She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. In Regency London, the only way for a wo… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope

By: Jean Little

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

In 1897, in Guelph, Ontario, eleven-year-old Victoria chronicles her family's experiences when they… read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

By: Lois Lowry

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear Am… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8) by L.M. Montgomery

6. The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Favorites for nearly 100 years, these classic novels follow the adventures of the spirited redhead … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Where the River Takes Me: The Hudson's Bay Company Diary of Jenna Sinclair

By: Julie Lawson

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Jenna Sinclair lives with her prim aunt Grace, who always finds fault with her high spirits … read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi

By: Susan Aihoshi

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The harsh conditions of an internment camp become a reality for a young Japanese-Canadian girl. It … read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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9. A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall

By: Sarah Ellis

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Ivy Weatherall and her family leave a comfortable life in London for the promised riches of Canada'… read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. That Fatal Night: The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton

By: Sarah Ellis

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, a young girl must come to terms with haunting memories fr… read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) by Kit Pearson

11. The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)

By: Kit Pearson

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler's army. Norah lies in bed … read more

Similar categories in Kit Pearson's The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) book and Kit Pearson's The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)

  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

12. A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.54

Format: None pages,

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

13. Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

By: None

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Violet Pesheen is struggling to adjust to her new life at Residential School. She misses her Grandm… read more

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14. Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's fathe… read more

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15. Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz

By: Carol Matas

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A young Jewish girl recounts her experiences during a horrifying time in recent history. As Rose be… read more

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16. If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor

By: Jean Little

4.23

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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17. The Paper Bag Princess

By: Robert Munsch , Michael Martchenko

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnap… read more

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18. Slacker

By: Gordon Korman

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and … read more

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19. Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein

By: Carol Matas

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

This dramatic story tells of 11-year-old Devorah's efforts to help her cousin and pen pal Sarah emi… read more

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20. Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940

By: Jean Little

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When a frightened girl and boy arrive on the Twiss family's doorstep, to escape the Blitz, Charlott… read more

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21. No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn

By: Julie Lawson

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte struggles to find her twin brother after the rest of her family is killed in the tragic H… read more

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22. Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A.J. Sass

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."

-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines

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23. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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24. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Cover of Enemies (Berrybrook Middle School, #4) by Svetlana Chmakova

25. Enemies (Berrybrook Middle School, #4)

By: Svetlana Chmakova

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Felicity’s sure she’s going to do something big. Exactly what is still a mystery, but she’ll figure… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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26. Juniper’s Christmas

By: Eoin Colfer

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes a heartwarming, adventurous Christmas the p… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) by David Alexander Robertson

27. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more

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  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

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28. Operation Do-Over

By: Gordon Korman

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious ne… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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29. War Stories

By: Gordon Korman

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Letters Across the Sea

By: Genevieve Graham

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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31. Here in the Real World

By: Sara Pennypacker

4.07

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Ware can’t wait to spend summer “off in his own world”—dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and g… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"So stop trying to keep bad stuff from me and start teaching me how to fix it."

-Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World

"Because you’re right. Bad stuff happens. But the real world is also all the things we do about the bad stuff. We’re the real world, too."

-Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World

21 best-selling fiction books like The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) by Kit Pearson

Transform Your Habits

Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Dear Canada)

Jean Little

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

Deborah Ellis

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Mary Anne

Daphne du Maurier

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope

Jean Little

4.00

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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)

Judy Blundell

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America)

Mary Pope Osborne

4.01

Transform Your Habits

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861

Karen Hesse

0.00

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Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope

Jean Little

4.00

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