Books like A Night Divided

Looking for books like A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Historical Fiction · grades 5–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of courage, freedom, and family. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to A Night Divided

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Why each is a match

Echo680L
Shares themes of courage and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912590L
Shares themes of courage and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–5).
Code Name Kingfishergrades 4–8
Shares themes of courage and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
A Corner of the Universegrades 5–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Alliesgrades 5–9
Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
One Crazy Summer750L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Projekt 1065grades 5–9
Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
Refugee800L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
The War That Saved My Life580L
Shares themes of freedom and family and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Wild Robot Escapesgrades 3–6
Shares themes of freedom and family and overlapping grades (3–6).

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