Books like Maddie Retta Lauren, 1864 by Kathleen Duey

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.

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.

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

Addy's journey to freedom teaches her about friendship and resilience in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

Addy, a young girl of African American heritage, discovers friendship and the power of a birthday in 1865 Philadelphia, facing racial prejudice.

Twelve‑year‑old Hannalee Reed leaves her family in Georgia for Indiana during the Civil War and vows to return, confronting the hardships of mill life and the uncertainty of a nation at war.

Addy discovers a beautiful red scarf at a secondhand shop but is torn between helping newly freed slaves and saving money for her mother's Christmas.

In the fall of 1864 General Sherman and his army cut a ruinous swath across Georgia, and outraged Southerners steeled themselves for defeat. Threatened by the approach of the Union army, young Eliza Frances Andrews and her sister Metta fled from their home in Washington, Georgia, to comparative safety in the southwestern part of the state. The daughter of a prominent judge who disapproved of secession, Eliza kept a diary that fully registers the anger and despair of Confederate citizens during the last months of the Civil War. The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl depicts the chaos and tumult of a period when invaders and freed slaves swarmed in the streets, starved and beaten soldiers asked for food at houses with little or none, and currency was worthless. Eliza's agony is complicated by political differences with her beloved father. Edited and first published nearly a half century after the Civil War, her diary is a passionate firsthand record.

Teenage Kansan farm boy Lije Tulley joins abolitionist raiders known as Jayhawkers, freeing slaves in Missouri before infiltrating the state as a covert spy during the Civil War.

A Chinese mother and her adopted daughter, raised by an American couple, discover how a rare native tea links their worlds and transforms their family's destiny across cultures.

A Quaker girl’s 1861 life in Indiana shifts when her family’s North Carolina Underground Railroad station confronts the outbreak of the Civil War.

A shipyard apprentice embarks on a daring adventure aboard the Confederate ironclad S.S. Alabama, forging courage and camaraderie while the iron menace sails the Atlantic to strike Union vessels during the Civil War.

A sixteen‑year‑old orphan's wartime diary chronicles the experiences of his Union Army unit during the American Civil War.

When teenage Stosh travels back to 1863, he lands at the Battle of Gettysburg and seeks to prove whether Abner Doubleday truly invented baseball, blending history, time‑travel adventures, and fast‑paced field action.

A ten‑year‑old girl in Washington, D.C., chronicles life as the Civil War ends and President Lincoln is assassinated, offering a personal glimpse of a pivotal moment in 1864‑65.