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

101.
The Edelweiss Pirates
The Edelweiss Pirates 3.53 avg rating — 49 ratings
102.
One Shot Kill (Henderson's Boys, #6)
One Shot Kill (Henderson's Boys, #6) 4.30 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
102.
The Escape (Henderson's Boys, #1)
The Escape (Henderson's Boys, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 6,327 ratings
102.
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference 3.99 avg rating — 430 ratings
105.
Jesper (Lisa's War, #2)
Jesper (Lisa's War, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 433 ratings
106.
Honey Cake (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Honey Cake (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) 3.62 avg rating — 118 ratings
107.
To Hell and Back
To Hell and Back 4.26 avg rating — 8,645 ratings
108.
Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain
Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
109.
La Marque de l'Orage
La Marque de l'Orage 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
110.
Let Me Whisper You My Story
Let Me Whisper You My Story 4.37 avg rating — 443 ratings
111.
Girl in the Blue Coat
Girl in the Blue Coat 4.03 avg rating — 44,911 ratings
112.
Dancing in Combat Boots: And Other Stories of American Women in World War II
Dancing in Combat Boots: And Other Stories of American Women in World War II 3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings
113.
The Art of Keeping Cool
The Art of Keeping Cool 3.66 avg rating — 930 ratings
113.
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings
113.
Halinka
Halinka 3.92 avg rating — 301 ratings
116.
Prisoner B-3087
Prisoner B-3087 4.44 avg rating — 42,700 ratings
117.
Is It Night or Day?
Is It Night or Day? 4.02 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
118.
Spying on Miss Muller
Spying on Miss Muller 3.81 avg rating — 327 ratings
119.
Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel
Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel 4.04 avg rating — 516 ratings
120.
The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)
The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 3,878 ratings
121.
Back Home
Back Home 4.17 avg rating — 2,641 ratings
122.
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II 4.35 avg rating — 21,125 ratings
123.
Anne Frank: a photographic story of a life
Anne Frank: a photographic story of a life 4.13 avg rating — 230 ratings
124.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,660 ratings
125.
Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz
Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz 4.29 avg rating — 7,850 ratings
126.
Remember Me: A Search for Refuge in Wartime Britain
Remember Me: A Search for Refuge in Wartime Britain 3.69 avg rating — 121 ratings
127.
The No-No Boys
The No-No Boys 4.02 avg rating — 54 ratings
127.
Dawn of fear
Dawn of fear 3.56 avg rating — 301 ratings
129.
The Lion's Paw
The Lion's Paw 4.43 avg rating — 672 ratings
130.
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers 3.99 avg rating — 2,482 ratings
131.
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport 3.93 avg rating — 187 ratings
131.
Anna Is Still Here
Anna Is Still Here
by: Ida Vos
3.74 avg rating — 308 ratings
133.
Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel 4.15 avg rating — 1,783 ratings
133.
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany 3.92 avg rating — 299 ratings
133.
Intrusion (A Relative Invasion #1)
Intrusion (A Relative Invasion #1) 4.43 avg rating — 83 ratings
133.
A Place to Hang the Moon
A Place to Hang the Moon 4.57 avg rating — 21,334 ratings
133.
A Father's Promise
A Father's Promise 4.25 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
138.
Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis
Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis 3.81 avg rating — 750 ratings
139.
The Wrong Boy
The Wrong Boy
by: Suzy Zail
4.11 avg rating — 2,833 ratings
140.
Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller
Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller 4.11 avg rating — 517 ratings
141.
Gingersnap
Gingersnap 3.54 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
142.
The Last Cherry Blossom
The Last Cherry Blossom 4.17 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
143.
Genevieve's War
Genevieve's War 4.05 avg rating — 753 ratings
144.
The Prisoner (Henderson's Boys, #5)
The Prisoner (Henderson's Boys, #5) 4.36 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
145.
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth 4.38 avg rating — 45 ratings
146.
Lily's Crossing
Lily's Crossing 3.87 avg rating — 9,709 ratings
147.
Soldier Bear
Soldier Bear 3.98 avg rating — 684 ratings
148.
Finding Sophie
Finding Sophie 3.65 avg rating — 98 ratings
149.
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank 4.09 avg rating — 11,240 ratings
149.
Risking Exposure
Risking Exposure 4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings
151.
Echo
Echo 4.36 avg rating — 46,464 ratings
152.
The Kingdom by the Sea
The Kingdom by the Sea 4.01 avg rating — 635 ratings
153.
T4
T4 3.65 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
153.
Anya's War
Anya's War 3.36 avg rating — 256 ratings
155.
Run, Boy, Run
Run, Boy, Run
by: Uri Orlev
4.04 avg rating — 2,114 ratings
156.
Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin
Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin 4.30 avg rating — 191 ratings
157.
Anne Frank and Me
Anne Frank and Me 4.04 avg rating — 3,015 ratings
158.
A Way Through the Sea (Young Underground, #1)
A Way Through the Sea (Young Underground, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 342 ratings
159.
Four-Four-Two
Four-Four-Two 4.03 avg rating — 694 ratings
160.
The Children of the King
The Children of the King 3.59 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
161.
The Machine Gunners
The Machine Gunners 3.93 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
161.
The Devil in Vienna
The Devil in Vienna 3.89 avg rating — 358 ratings
163.
Blitzcat
Blitzcat 3.94 avg rating — 1,311 ratings
164.
Annexed
Annexed 3.78 avg rating — 5,262 ratings
165.
Grenade
Grenade 4.16 avg rating — 11,890 ratings
166.
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer 3.72 avg rating — 800 ratings
167.
War in My Town
War in My Town 4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings
168.
I Was There
I Was There 3.50 avg rating — 214 ratings
168.
Lifeboat 12
Lifeboat 12 4.18 avg rating — 5,092 ratings
170.
The Lion Above the Door
The Lion Above the Door 4.32 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
171.
You Wouldn t Want to Be a Secret Agent During World War II!: A Perilous Mission Behind Enemy Lines
You Wouldn t Want to Be a Secret Agent During World War II!: A Perilous Mission Behind Enemy Lines 3.88 avg rating — 104 ratings
172.
All Those Secrets of the World
All Those Secrets of the World 4.11 avg rating — 133 ratings
173.
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child 4.15 avg rating — 114 ratings
173.
The Lights Go On Again (The Guests of War Trilogy, #3)
The Lights Go On Again (The Guests of War Trilogy, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 1,804 ratings
173.
Stolen Girl
Stolen Girl 4.11 avg rating — 5,128 ratings
176.
The Bicycle Man
The Bicycle Man
by: Allen Say
3.93 avg rating — 762 ratings
177.
Wings Over England
Wings Over England 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
178.
Hansi the Girl Who Left the Swastika
Hansi the Girl Who Left the Swastika 3.98 avg rating — 586 ratings
178.
Yoko's Diary
Yoko's Diary
by: Paul Ham
3.94 avg rating — 353 ratings
180.
A Very Bad Bad Thing
A Very Bad Bad Thing 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
180.
Stolen Child
Stolen Child 4.11 avg rating — 5,128 ratings
182.
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 3.76 avg rating — 889 ratings
183.
Don't You Know There's a War On?
Don't You Know There's a War On?
by: Avi
3.59 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
184.
A Family Secret
A Family Secret 3.90 avg rating — 578 ratings
185.
Johnnies Blitz
Johnnies Blitz 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
185.
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 4.27 avg rating — 8,472 ratings
187.
Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary
Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary 4.34 avg rating — 259 ratings
188.
Shadow on the Mountain
Shadow on the Mountain 3.92 avg rating — 2,500 ratings
189.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark 3.68 avg rating — 302 ratings
190.
Ground Zero
Ground Zero 4.33 avg rating — 24,457 ratings
191.
We'Ve Got a Job to Do: Chicagoans and World War II
We'Ve Got a Job to Do: Chicagoans and World War II really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
192.
The Puffin Keeper
The Puffin Keeper 4.28 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
193.
Baseball Saved Us
Baseball Saved Us 4.24 avg rating — 3,952 ratings
194.
Phantoms In The Snow
Phantoms In The Snow 3.93 avg rating — 454 ratings
195.
Stealing Home
Stealing Home
by: J. Torres
3.98 avg rating — 969 ratings
196.
Le vertige du Rhombus (Les Maîtres de l'orage, #2)
Le vertige du Rhombus (Les Maîtres de l'orage, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
196.
Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries
Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries 4.19 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
198.
True Stories of the Second World War
True Stories of the Second World War 3.85 avg rating — 292 ratings
198.
Storming the Tulips
Storming the Tulips really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103 ratings
198.
The Big Lie: A True Story
The Big Lie: A True Story 3.89 avg rating — 471 ratings
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