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…
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1. 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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2. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
By: Leslie Connor
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids’ Indie Next List Pick From Leslie Connor, award-winning au… read more
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- middle grade
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3. Code of Honor
By: Alan Gratz
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Live by the code. Die by the code? Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dat… read more
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. Lifeboat 12
By: Susan Hood
4.19
Format: 337 pages, Unknown Binding
With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects h… read more
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7. 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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"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
8. 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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9. Traitors Among Us
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
World War II may be over. But two sisters are far from safe. Inspired by true events, this is th… read more
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10. 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
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"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
11. 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
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- adventure
- historical
- middle grade
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Allies
By: Alan Gratz
4.27
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more
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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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14. The Line Tender
By: Kate Allen
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and th… read more
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"My grief for her was like a circle. I always came around to missing her again."-Kate Allen, The Line Tender
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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16. 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
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- audiobook
"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
17. Wizard for Hire
By: Obert Skye
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Fourteen-year-old Ozzy lives near Portland, Oregon, and is desperate for help. His scientist parent… read more
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18. Ground Zero
By: Alan Gratz
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more
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"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero
19. My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List
By: Rena Finder
4.22
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schin… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"Like many other survivors, I feel an obligation to tell my story again and again. The Holocaust was the scientifically designed, state-sponsored murder of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany and its al…"-Rena Finder, My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List
20. The War Below
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now, Luka has smuggl… read more
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21. Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust
By: Renee Hartman
4.01
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn ever… read more
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22. The Nurse Behind the Gates
By: Shari J. Ryan
4.40
Format: 376 pages, ebook
Dachau, 1942. Emilie has been told she’s here to nurse evil men. But the first patient she sees in … read more
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- world war ii
- historical
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"The empty seats belong to the other Jewish kids who were in my class. I’m the only one left."-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates
"If you had a secret - one that could destroy your life if shared, what would you do to protect it?"-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates
"There’s no clearer definition of war than the sight of barbed wired fences surrounding dark fields muddied by the sky’s tears."-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates
"You’re right to fight for everything you believe in, and I’ll do “the same, but only until it is too dangerous. I won’t risk our lives for a fight we won’t win."-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates
23. The Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Scholastic Focus)
By: Joshua M. Greene
4.07
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshu… read more
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24. Escape from Chernobyl
By: Andy Marino
3.83
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thr… read more
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"It's not merely that life is fragile- but the plans we make, the paths we plot, all of it so easily thrown off course."-Andy Marino, Escape from Chernobyl
25. 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
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"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
26. Winterkill
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From acclaimed author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, this incredibly gripping and timely story set during… read more
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27. We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
By: Deborah Hopkinson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi… read more
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28. 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
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29. 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
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- world war ii
"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
30. 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
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31. POCKET FIELD GUIDE: Survival Knots: Volume I
By: Creek Stewart
4.00
Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition
Survival Knots - Volume I features the Essential Collection of survival knots that every woodsman o… read more
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