Books like Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

John Boyne’s 2006 novel follows an unlikely friendship between two boys during the Holocaust, set against the backdrop of Auschwitz.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

A nine‑year‑old girl named Ada escapes her abusive home amid World War II, joining her brother in London’s evacuation; she learns to ride a pony, reads, and finds a new family with Susan Smith while watching for German spies.

In 1941 Lithuania, fifteen‑year‑old Lina and her family are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian labor camp; through art and resilience they endure brutal conditions and strive to survive the long journey ahead.

In World War II, four refugees—descendants of a Royalist, a German Jesuit, a Jewish family, and a Polish munitions factory worker—board the doomed MV Wilhelm Gustloff in a desperate bid for survival.

A 10‑year‑old boy named Max and his little sister live through the Nazi invasion of 1944 from a child’s perspective, illustrating survival, resistance, and the Holocaust’s impact on young Jewish families.

A 1943 British fighter pilot crash-lands in Nazi‑occupied France and recounts her daring escape, espionage, and friendship to a young French woman while concealing her true mission.

During World War II three American, Polish and German women’s lives intersect as they confront love, duty and the horrors of the Holocaust, ultimately working together to expose wartime secrets.

A young German girl's curiosity leads her to uncover the horrors of the concentration camps during World War II.

In small‑town Texas, 16‑year‑old Willowdean battles stereotypes and her own self‑esteem while preparing for the community beauty pageant her mother organizes, all while navigating a budding crush on a co‑worker.

During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, 17‑year‑old Hanneke secretly trades black market goods while grieving her boyfriend’s death and shielding her parents from the harsh reality of wartime life.

On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Nazi genocide. For decades the story of Ravensbrück was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and today is still little known. Using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War, and interviews with survivors who have never spoken before, Helm has ventured into the heart of the camp, demonstrating for the reader in riveting detail how easily and quickly the unthinkable horror evolved.

When a drone‑torched plane crashes into a London shopping centre, Detective Max Wolfe must battle tech‑savvy terrorists, a Bible‑quoting killer and his ex‑wife’s custody battle for his daughter.

Seventeen‑year‑old Zenji Watanabe is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese. After capture and torture, he must endure months alone in the jungle behind enemy lines, fighting to survive.

A scholarly examination of gay Americans in the U.S. armed forces during World War II, tracing the dynamic power struggle between homosexual citizens and the military and its lasting impact on U.S. defense policy.

A gripping tale of an American female combat photographer in Vietnam, balancing duty and love as she navigates war’s chaos and her heart’s pull between two men.

Japanese‑Canadian evacuees in a World War II internment camp: sixteen‑year‑old Tadashi struggles to navigate his dual identity between loyalty to his family and survival in Canada's BC wilderness.

Twelve‑year‑old Ben Uchida records his daily life as a prisoner at Mirror Lake Internment Camp, a California holding site for Japanese Americans during World War II.

Boowie discovers his grandmother’s World War II diary, revealing her childhood in England during the D‑Day preparations and the story of her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, whose name carries a deeper family resonance.

During the German occupation of France, 230 female Resistance fighters were captured by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz, where their courage, defiance, and enduring friendship are chronicled for the first time.

A Jewish girl named Alice is taken from her home in Nazi Germany and forced onto a crowded cattle car destined for a concentration camp during the Holocaust.