Books like Never fall down by Patricia McCormick

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.

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

Three teenagers from different eras and continents embark on perilous journeys to escape war, persecution, and tyranny, each facing drowning, bombings and betrayal, yet their stories converge, showing that hope endures across time and borders.

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.

Set in 19th‑century South Dakota, Laura Ingalls Wilder balances teaching, family life, and the budding courtship with her future husband Almanzo, while shaping her future and that of her children.

Thirteen‑year‑old Lakshmi leaves her impoverished Himalayan home for India, only to discover she has been sold into prostitution. With fierce resilience and new friendships, she fights her captivity and seeks a way back to freedom.

After graduating high school in Harlem, 17‑year‑old Richie Perry joins the Army in 1967, only to confront the hardships of a year spent fighting in Vietnam.

The Magic Tree House duo Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan, where they discover the culture and skills of the ninja.

After becoming an orphan, Pierrot leaves Paris for Aunt Beatrix’s household atop the German Alps, where, in 1935, he finds himself in the Berghof—the Hitler residence—thrown into a perilous world of terror and secrets as World War II looms.

A demon slayer battles demons to find a lost ruby prophecy and save her kingdom.

A personal diary of the young Queen Victoria, from age eight to her wedding anniversary in 1843.

Evangeline, a gifted but trapped young woman, embarks on a daring escape from a political marriage to her cousin King Richard II's advisor, in search of freedom and true love.

Rudi, drafted into the U.S. Marines for the Vietnam War, navigates combat and loyalty while his three closest friends struggle behind the front lines; letters between them reveal how he transforms into a soldier who follows orders no matter the cost.

Private Matt Duffy wakes in an Iraqi army hospital, honored with a Purple Heart yet haunted by a memory of a young boy he once befriended. As he returns to combat, Matt struggles with guilt, loyalty, and the blurred lines of responsibility.

When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark forest is terrifying, and so are the odds against the Finns: the Russians have 4 times as many soldiers and 30 times as many planes. They have 3000 tanks, while the Finns have 30. But a tank is no help in the snowy forest--a boy on skis is. And the Russians don't know winter the way the Finns do, or what tough guerrilla warriors the Finns are. Marko teams up with another messenger, Karl. Gradually Marko learns that Karl's whole family was killed by the Russians. And Karl has a secret--he's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths.From the Hardcover edition.

A handsome poet in seventeenth-century France falls in love with a beautiful cousin but struggles to make his feelings known due to his physical appearance.