Books like Ruts, yeled, ruts by Uri Orlev
Based on the true story of a nine‑year‑old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi‑occupied Polish countryside. The novel follows his experiences as a Jewish child in wartime Poland, highlighting the challenges and resilience required to endure the Holocaust.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Uri Orlev
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Ruts, yeled, ruts by Uri Orlev are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to Ruts, yeled, ruts (19 similar books)
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.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
John Boyne’s 2006 novel follows an unlikely friendship between two boys during the Holocaust, set against the backdrop of Auschwitz.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Once follows Felix, a young Jewish orphan newly escaped from a Polish orphanage, as he navigates the dangers of Nazi‑occupied Poland to rescue his parents and survive the Holocaust.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
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.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In 1940s Poland, ten‑year‑old Felix and his friend Zelda escape a cattle car bound for Nazi death camps and struggle to survive on their own before finding shelter with Genia, a farm‑hand wary of Germans.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A contemporary Jewish girl named Hannah travels back to Nazi‑occupied Poland during Passover and must confront the horrors of the Holocaust, learning why remembering history matters.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a ten‑year‑old Sarah is seized in the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv’ roundup, her friend Julia, a journalist two decades later, discovers that the past still haunts their families and forces her to confront her own identity in post‑war France.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A young girl's journey across borders and through Nazi-occupied Hungary as her mother searches for her in a world of strangers and constant fear of Nazi roundups.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Schindler's List is a fictional account of German industrialist Oskar Schindler who saved 1,300 Jews from the Holocaust.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A young Jewish boy survives alone in a ruined Warsaw Ghetto house, learning the tricks of life under constant, life‑threatening danger during World War II.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Eleven‑year‑old Zelda lives in Australia with her grandfather, Holocaust‑survivor Felix Salinger, while her physician‑parents work in Africa. A tragic disaster forces the family to confront buried memories of Felix’s first childhood love.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Simon, a young Polish Jew, is uprooted by the Nazis from his Warsaw home into a cramped ghetto, where his family is seized. Alone, he flees to the countryside and struggles to survive amid the horrors of the Holocaust.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In Venice, young reporter Lesley is assigned to interview famed violinist Paolo Levi, who warns her never to ask the "Mozart question" – a secret that will force Paolo to confront the past.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Set after Kristallnacht, "Good‑bye Marianne" follows a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany whose life is shattered as schools close and the Gestapo hunts her father. She encounters a boy in the Hitler Youth, forcing her to confront identity and survival.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A young Jewish woman survives a 1944 train transport to a Nazi death camp, is rescued and raised by those who risked their lives for her, and later finds peace within her own family.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Elie Wiesel chronicles the harrowing realities of his childhood in Nazi concentration camps, and how witnessing the loss of family and friends transformed his faith.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
From 1939 to 1945, a Jewish girl named Syvia and her family survive the horrors of the Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A true account of a Polish Jewish boy and his family's courageous survival during the Holocaust, detailing how they used false papers and Catholic disguises to evade persecution.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
The Tree of Life by Aharon AppelfeldRefugee by Akram Khabbaz
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!