From classic favourites to more recent titles, these books for children and teenagers take a variety of different approaches to representing the events of World War II.
Read our list of children's books about the Holocaust
Books about World War II
From classic favourites to more recent titles, these books for children and teenagers take a variety of different approaches to representing the events of World War II.
Read our list of children's books about the Holocaust
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Ausländer
BloomsburyAusländer gives a fascinating insight into life in Berlin during WorldWar II – a perspective not frequently portrayed in young adult fiction. -
The Messenger Bird
ScholasticThe Messenger Bird is an exciting adventure story with a twist, and will be particularly enjoyed by anyone who is interested in history and the Second World War. -
Once
PuffinOn his travels Felix uses his natural optimism and storytelling gift to explain away the horrific events he witnesses in Nazi occupied Poland. A sad, deeply moving, portrayal of the holocaust with uplifting moments of humanity and hope. -
Duty Calls: Dunkirk
Puffin BooksThe exciting story of a teenage recruit who finds himself caught up in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk in 1940. -
Duty Calls: Battle of Britain
Puffin BooksIt's the Battle of Britain and 19-year-old pilot officer Archie Jackson is in control of the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, a Supermarine Spitfire. -
Hero on a Bicycle
Walker BooksThe first novel from much-loved author and illustrator Shirley Hughes is a thrilling and moving story about a boy and his bicycle, set against a dramatic background of war-torn Italy -
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
HarperCollins Children's BooksPartly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the World War II. -
Goodnight Mister Tom
PuffinWillie Beech, a lonely and deprived child, is evacuated to a tiny English village just before the Second World War, and finds himself living with reclusive widower Thomas Oakley. -
Tail-end Charlie
Frances LincolnMick Manning has carefully recreated the hair-raising tales his father told him about life as an RAF tail-gunner during the Second World War -
Taff in the WAAF
Frances Lincoln ChildrensAn account of the secret work carried out during WWII at Bletchley Park, based on the experience of Manning's own mother, Taff. -
Hitler's Angel
Chicken HouseIn the summer of 1941, two displaced teenagers, one German, one Austrian, are recruited by the British government for a secret mission. -
Anne Frank
Red FoxThis account of the Nazi persecution of the Jews and Anne Frank's family's hiding in a secret annexe to escape them, is sensitively told. -
Between Shades of Gray
PuffinSet in 1941, Between Shades of Grey is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and memories from survivors. -
The Silver Sword
Jonathan CapeRunner up to C.S. Lewis in the Carnegie Awards for 1956, Serrailier's book has become a classic, speaking to its readers as powerfully now as it did 50 years ago -
Hitler's Canary
DoubledayHitler's Canary, ultimately, is about the courage and heroism of ordinary citizens in a time of danger and strife. -
Code Name Verity
Electric MonkeyTwo young women become unlikely best friends during WWII, until one is captured by the Gestapo... -
My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright
Walker BooksFollowing Archie's War, which recorded in diary form the First World War home-front experience of a ten year old, Williams now turns to Archie's daughter, Flossie Albright.
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