Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1940s

101.
Hangin' Out with Cici
Hangin' Out with Cici 3.87 avg rating — 426 ratings
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The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 3.63 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Blitzcat
Blitzcat 3.94 avg rating — 1,311 ratings
104.
The Book Cat
The Book Cat 4.29 avg rating — 215 ratings
105.
Friedrich
Friedrich 3.75 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
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Once I Was a Plum Tree
Once I Was a Plum Tree 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Wheel of Surya (Surya Trilogy #1)
The Wheel of Surya (Surya Trilogy #1) 3.91 avg rating — 404 ratings
108.
Don't You Know There's a War On?
Don't You Know There's a War On?
by: Avi
3.59 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
109.
Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, #1)
Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
110.
Dear Hank Williams
Dear Hank Williams 3.96 avg rating — 929 ratings
111.
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky 3.96 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
112.
A Yellow Watermelon
A Yellow Watermelon 4.19 avg rating — 67 ratings
112.
Hero of Lesser Causes
Hero of Lesser Causes 3.88 avg rating — 250 ratings
114.
My Friend the Enemy
My Friend the Enemy 3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings
115.
Silver Days (Journey to America, #2)
Silver Days (Journey to America, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Black Radishes (Black Radishes, #1)
Black Radishes (Black Radishes, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
116.
Gingersnap
Gingersnap 3.54 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
118.
The Devil in Vienna
The Devil in Vienna 3.89 avg rating — 358 ratings
119.
Aleutian Sparrow
Aleutian Sparrow 3.82 avg rating — 1,033 ratings
119.
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings
119.
Good-bye Marianne
Good-bye Marianne 3.64 avg rating — 204 ratings
122.
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh 3.86 avg rating — 224 ratings
123.
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips 4.05 avg rating — 7,519 ratings
124.
Cross My Heart: And Hope to Live
Cross My Heart: And Hope to Live 4.22 avg rating — 561 ratings
124.
Pearl Harbor Is Burning!: A Story of World War II
Pearl Harbor Is Burning!: A Story of World War II 3.73 avg rating — 52 ratings
126.
Precious Bones
Precious Bones 3.95 avg rating — 438 ratings
127.
The Turnkey
The Turnkey 3.84 avg rating — 306 ratings
128.
A Diamond in the Desert
A Diamond in the Desert 3.82 avg rating — 991 ratings
128.
A Boy of Heart Mountain
A Boy of Heart Mountain 3.96 avg rating — 164 ratings
130.
Blue (Ann Fay Honeycutt, #1)
Blue (Ann Fay Honeycutt, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
131.
Growing Up with Aloha: A Nanea Classic Volume 1 (American Girl: Nanea #1)
Growing Up with Aloha: A Nanea Classic Volume 1 (American Girl: Nanea #1) 4.07 avg rating — 672 ratings
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The Liberty Letters: Personal Correspondence of Catherine Clark and Meredith Lyons: Pearl Harbor, 1941
The Liberty Letters: Personal Correspondence of Catherine Clark and Meredith Lyons: Pearl Harbor, 1941 4.02 avg rating — 62 ratings
133.
The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito
The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito 3.87 avg rating — 128 ratings
133.
A Stranger at Home
A Stranger at Home 4.24 avg rating — 694 ratings
135.
Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck 3.62 avg rating — 81 ratings
136.
Burying the Sun (Angel on the Square, #3)
Burying the Sun (Angel on the Square, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 525 ratings
137.
All the Children Were Sent Away
All the Children Were Sent Away 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings
138.
Hula for the Home Front (American Girl: Nanea #2)
Hula for the Home Front (American Girl: Nanea #2) 4.01 avg rating — 348 ratings
139.
Skating with the Statue of Liberty (Black Radishes, #2)
Skating with the Statue of Liberty (Black Radishes, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 195 ratings
140.
Once
Once 4.24 avg rating — 27,373 ratings
141.
Malka
Malka 3.79 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
141.
The Orphan Band of Springdale
The Orphan Band of Springdale 4.09 avg rating — 547 ratings
143.
Cape (The League of Secret Heroes, #1)
Cape (The League of Secret Heroes, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 545 ratings
143.
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 — 17,691 ratings
143.
Going Back
Going Back 3.78 avg rating — 180 ratings
143.
The Valley of Lost Secrets
The Valley of Lost Secrets 4.36 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
143.
When the Sirens Wailed
When the Sirens Wailed 3.77 avg rating — 393 ratings
143.
A Father's Promise
A Father's Promise 4.25 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
143.
Spies in the Sky
Spies in the Sky 4.46 avg rating — 52 ratings
143.
The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,471 ratings
151.
Race Against the U-Boats
Race Against the U-Boats it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
151.
Escape to Liechtenstein (The Young Refugees, #1)
Escape to Liechtenstein (The Young Refugees, #1)
by: Ed Dunlop
4.05 avg rating — 82 ratings
151.
The Reindeer and the Submarine
The Reindeer and the Submarine 4.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
151.
The Blossoming Summer
The Blossoming Summer 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings
151.
Introducing Shirley Braverman
Introducing Shirley Braverman 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings
151.
Un Sac de Billes (Un Sac de Billes #1)
Un Sac de Billes (Un Sac de Billes #1) 3.96 avg rating — 10,608 ratings
151.
The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2)
The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 5,247 ratings
158.
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 3.96 avg rating — 1,629 ratings
158.
The Boy with One Shoe
The Boy with One Shoe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
158.
My Wartime Summers
My Wartime Summers 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
158.
Rose Blanche
Rose Blanche 4.19 avg rating — 2,076 ratings
158.
Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family, #3)
Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 4,790 ratings
163.
My Chocolate Year: A Novel with 12 Recipes
My Chocolate Year: A Novel with 12 Recipes 3.54 avg rating — 146 ratings
163.
A Long Way from Verona
A Long Way from Verona 3.83 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
163.
When the Sky Falls
When the Sky Falls 4.30 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
163.
Lillan
Lillan 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
167.
I Would If I Could
I Would If I Could 3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings
167.
Young Man of the House
Young Man of the House 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
167.
While the Storm Rages
While the Storm Rages 4.07 avg rating — 616 ratings
167.
Finding Langston
Finding Langston 4.32 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
171.
Easter Parade
Easter Parade 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
171.
Kitty from the Start
Kitty from the Start 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
171.
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War 3.83 avg rating — 1,670 ratings
174.
Alan and Naomi
Alan and Naomi 3.89 avg rating — 1,814 ratings
174.
Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War (Adam Pelko, #3)
Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War (Adam Pelko, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 710 ratings
174.
Lydia, Queen of Palestine
Lydia, Queen of Palestine
by: Uri Orlev
4.02 avg rating — 167 ratings
174.
For Love of a Donkey
For Love of a Donkey 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
174.
A Very Fine Line
A Very Fine Line 3.44 avg rating — 45 ratings
179.
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (Adam Pelko, #1)
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (Adam Pelko, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,031 ratings
179.
Secrets and Spies
Secrets and Spies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
179.
Shadows on the Sea
Shadows on the Sea 3.88 avg rating — 919 ratings
182.
Bat 6
Bat 6 3.57 avg rating — 880 ratings
182.
Dog Days and Cat Naps
Dog Days and Cat Naps
by: Gene Kemp
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
182.
The House Without a Christmas Tree
The House Without a Christmas Tree
by: Gail Rock
4.09 avg rating — 1,392 ratings
185.
"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"
"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"
by: Avi
3.61 avg rating — 404 ratings
185.
The Well (Puffin Books)
The Well (Puffin Books)
by: Gene Kemp
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
185.
Love You, Soldier
Love You, Soldier
by: Amy Hest
3.79 avg rating — 96 ratings
188.
The Romeo and Juliet Code (Felicity Bathburn, #1)
The Romeo and Juliet Code (Felicity Bathburn, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,497 ratings
188.
Forget-Me-Not
Forget-Me-Not 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
188.
Closer to the Stars
Closer to the Stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
188.
Mon journal de guerre
Mon journal de guerre 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
192.
Kanada
Kanada 4.06 avg rating — 160 ratings
192.
The Morning Glory War
The Morning Glory War 4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings
192.
The Wind Is Not a River
The Wind Is Not a River 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings
192.
La double chance de Juliette
La double chance de Juliette liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
196.
Anna Is Still Here
Anna Is Still Here
by: Ida Vos
3.74 avg rating — 308 ratings
196.
Eddie Spaghetti
Eddie Spaghetti 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
196.
L'ombre
L'ombre 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
199.
The Last Cherry Blossom
The Last Cherry Blossom 4.17 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
199.
Island Boyz
Island Boyz 3.80 avg rating — 66 ratings
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