Best Children's Books about World War II (1939-1945)

1.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,375 ratings
2.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,758 ratings
3.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,479 ratings
4.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,988 ratings
5.
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1)
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1) 4.04 avg rating — 342 ratings
6.
The Edelweiss Express (Edelweiss Pirates #2)
The Edelweiss Express (Edelweiss Pirates #2) 4.40 avg rating — 225 ratings
7.
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,842 ratings
8.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,373 ratings
9.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 23,722 ratings
10.
I Am David
I Am David
by: Anne Holm
3.96 avg rating — 12,416 ratings
11.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,483 ratings
12.
Once
Once 4.24 avg rating — 27,369 ratings
13.
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 111,800 ratings
14.
Snow Treasure
Snow Treasure 4.01 avg rating — 7,874 ratings
15.
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,487 ratings
16.
Twenty and Ten
Twenty and Ten 4.17 avg rating — 5,761 ratings
17.
Then
Then 4.40 avg rating — 13,536 ratings
18.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 4.14 avg rating — 28,852 ratings
19.
After
After 4.39 avg rating — 6,547 ratings
20.
The Borrowed House
The Borrowed House 4.20 avg rating — 811 ratings
21.
Escape from Warsaw
Escape from Warsaw 4.02 avg rating — 9,178 ratings
22.
The Winged Watchman
The Winged Watchman 4.28 avg rating — 2,995 ratings
23.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,555 ratings
24.
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,690 ratings
25.
Carrie's War
Carrie's War 3.92 avg rating — 9,056 ratings
26.
When My Name Was Keoko
When My Name Was Keoko 4.16 avg rating — 7,502 ratings
27.
The Upstairs Room
The Upstairs Room 3.84 avg rating — 12,069 ratings
28.
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia 4.04 avg rating — 7,105 ratings
29.
Now
Now 4.06 avg rating — 9,367 ratings
30.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,336,775 ratings
31.
Good Night, Mr. Tom
Good Night, Mr. Tom 4.32 avg rating — 52,247 ratings
32.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,742 ratings
33.
Soon
Soon 4.36 avg rating — 3,885 ratings
34.
Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating — 23,854 ratings
35.
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips 4.05 avg rating — 7,519 ratings
36.
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,529 ratings
37.
The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey
The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey 4.18 avg rating — 1,819 ratings
38.
Hana's Suitcase
Hana's Suitcase 4.20 avg rating — 9,968 ratings
39.
Books for Benjamin
Books for Benjamin 4.44 avg rating — 138 ratings
40.
Someone Named Eva
Someone Named Eva 4.16 avg rating — 10,070 ratings
41.
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Year of Impossible Goodbyes 3.90 avg rating — 2,648 ratings
42.
Enemy Brothers
Enemy Brothers 4.49 avg rating — 559 ratings
43.
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose 4.16 avg rating — 5,461 ratings
44.
The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)
The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) 4.48 avg rating — 45,493 ratings
45.
Behind the Bedroom Wall
Behind the Bedroom Wall 3.98 avg rating — 4,257 ratings
46.
The Mitchells: Five for Victory
The Mitchells: Five for Victory 4.27 avg rating — 401 ratings
47.
Briar Rose
Briar Rose 3.80 avg rating — 14,984 ratings
48.
Yellow Star
Yellow Star 4.25 avg rating — 16,224 ratings
49.
Making Bombs for Hitler
Making Bombs for Hitler 4.34 avg rating — 12,506 ratings
50.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,103 ratings
51.
Elephant Run
Elephant Run 4.09 avg rating — 6,922 ratings
52.
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1)
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 7,868 ratings
53.
Maybe
Maybe 4.30 avg rating — 2,424 ratings
54.
The Boy Who Dared
The Boy Who Dared 4.02 avg rating — 15,856 ratings
55.
Keeping My Hope
Keeping My Hope 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings
56.
As the Waltz Was Ending
As the Waltz Was Ending 4.41 avg rating — 414 ratings
57.
Journey to Topaz
Journey to Topaz 3.87 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
57.
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust 4.25 avg rating — 6,197 ratings
59.
All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #2)
All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 86,275 ratings
60.
Waiting for Anya
Waiting for Anya 3.98 avg rating — 2,241 ratings
61.
An Elephant in the Garden
An Elephant in the Garden 4.19 avg rating — 11,933 ratings
62.
Weedflower
Weedflower 3.92 avg rating — 4,884 ratings
63.
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
64.
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 4.06 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
65.
Fireweed
Fireweed 3.79 avg rating — 468 ratings
66.
Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein
Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein 3.89 avg rating — 798 ratings
67.
Friend or Foe
Friend or Foe 3.94 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
68.
Tamar
Tamar
by: Mal Peet
3.91 avg rating — 5,816 ratings
69.
The Otterbury Incident
The Otterbury Incident 4.10 avg rating — 315 ratings
70.
Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear 4.17 avg rating — 746 ratings
71.
Milkweed
Milkweed 4.02 avg rating — 31,285 ratings
72.
Once & Then
Once & Then 4.43 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
73.
Soldier X
Soldier X 4.16 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
74.
Lisa's War (Lisa's War, #1)
Lisa's War (Lisa's War, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 503 ratings
75.
Guests of War Trilogy: The Sky is Falling / Looking at the Moon / The Lights Go On Again
Guests of War Trilogy: The Sky is Falling / Looking at the Moon / The Lights Go On Again 4.47 avg rating — 516 ratings
76.
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss 4.04 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
77.
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War 3.93 avg rating — 1,828 ratings
77.
Hero on a Bicycle
Hero on a Bicycle 3.71 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
79.
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 3.85 avg rating — 3,897 ratings
80.
Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel
Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel 3.92 avg rating — 105 ratings
81.
The Dolphin Crossing
The Dolphin Crossing 4.10 avg rating — 123 ratings
82.
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Under the Blood-Red Sun 3.82 avg rating — 3,620 ratings
83.
Grey Wolves (Henderson's Boys, #4)
Grey Wolves (Henderson's Boys, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 2,647 ratings
84.
The Journey Back
The Journey Back 3.68 avg rating — 428 ratings
85.
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II 4.37 avg rating — 395 ratings
86.
When the Sirens Wailed
When the Sirens Wailed 3.77 avg rating — 393 ratings
87.
Parallel Journeys
Parallel Journeys 4.03 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
88.
We Couldn't Leave Dinah
We Couldn't Leave Dinah 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings
89.
Black Radishes (Black Radishes, #1)
Black Radishes (Black Radishes, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
90.
Anne Frank: Young Diarist
Anne Frank: Young Diarist 4.06 avg rating — 68 ratings
91.
My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945
My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945 4.40 avg rating — 232 ratings
92.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,386 ratings
93.
Searching for Shona
Searching for Shona 4.06 avg rating — 330 ratings
94.
Refugee
Refugee 4.37 avg rating — 78,586 ratings
95.
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel 4.03 avg rating — 14,474 ratings
96.
On the Wings of Heroes
On the Wings of Heroes 3.96 avg rating — 1,589 ratings
97.
Pennies for Hitler (Hitler Trilogy, #2)
Pennies for Hitler (Hitler Trilogy, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
98.
Friedrich
Friedrich 3.75 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
99.
The Boy on the Wooden Box
The Boy on the Wooden Box 4.38 avg rating — 29,036 ratings
100.
Secret Army (Henderson's Boys, #3)
Secret Army (Henderson's Boys, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 3,117 ratings
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