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United States Historical Fiction

World War II - 1939 to 1945

All books can be found by the author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction area unless noted on the booklist.

Avi (J)
Don't You Know There's A War On?
In wartime Brooklyn in 1943, eleven-year-old Howie Crispers mounts a campaign to save his favorite teacher from being fired.

Davies, Jacqueline (J)
Where The Ground Meets The Sky
During World War II, a twelve-year-old girl is uprooted from her quiet, East coast life and moved to a secluded army post in the New Mexico desert where her father and other scientists are working on a top secret project.

Denenberg, Barry (J My Name Is)
The Journal Of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp
Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Apple Valley, California, during World War II.

Hughes, Dean (J & YA)
Soldier Boys
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.

Isaacs, Anne (J)
Torn Thread
In an attempt to save his daughter's life, Eva's father sends her from Poland to a labor camp in Czechoslovakia where she and her sister survive the war.

Kochenderfer, Lee (J)
The Victory Garden
Hoping to contribute to the war effort during World War II, eleven-year-old Teresa organizes her friends to care for an ill neighbor's victory garden.

Lisle, Janet Taylor (J)
The Art Of Keeping Cool
In 1942, Robert and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspected of being a spy.

Lurie, April (J)
Dancing In The Streets Of Brooklyn
In 1944, a thirteen-year-old girl grapples with the discovery that "Pa" isn't her biological father, experiences her first romance, and faces hardships dealt to friends in Brooklyn's Norwegian community.

Osborne, Mary Pope (J Dear)
My Secret War: The World War II Diary Of Madeline Beck
Thirteen-year-old Madeline's diaries for 1941 and 1942 reveal her experience living on Long Island during World War II while her father is away in the navy.

Salisbury, Graham (J)
Under The Blood-Red Sun
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Ylvisaker, Anne (J)
Dear Papa
In September of 1943, one year after her father's death, nine-year-old Isabelle begins writing him letters, which are interspersed with letters to other members of her family, relating important events in her life and how she feels about them.

Brady, Laurel (YA)
Say You Are My Sister
In rural Georgia during World War II, twelve-year-old Ramona Louise determines to do everything to help her beloved older sister Georgie keep the family together after the death of their parents, even to keeping a secret which could destroy their close relationship.

Elliott, Laura (YA)
Under A War-Torn Sky
After his plane is shot down, by Hitler's Luftwaffe, nineteen-year-old Henry Forester of Richmond, Virginia, strives to walk across occupied France, with the help of the French Resistance, in hopes of rejoining his unit.

Gaeddert, LouAnn Bigge (YA)
Friends And Enemies
In 1941 in Kansas, as America enters World War II, fourteen-year-old William finds himself alienated from his friend Jim, a Mennonite who does not believe in fighting for any reason and refuses to support the war effort in any way.

Mazer, Harry (YA)
A Boy At War: A Novel Of Pearl Harbor
While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.

Zindel, Paul (YA)
The Gadget
In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.