Books like Code Name Kingfisher

Looking for books like Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler (Historical Fiction · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of history, courage, 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 Code Name Kingfisher

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Why each is a match

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912590L
Shares themes of history, courage, and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–5).
Iceberggrades 3–7
Shares themes of history, courage, and survival, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Nothing Else But Miraclesgrades 3–7
Shares themes of history and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
A Night Dividedgrades 5–8
Shares themes of courage and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Echo680L
Shares themes of courage and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Old Yellergrades 5–8
Shares themes of courage, family, and survival and overlapping grades (5–8).
Refugee800L
Shares themes of family and survival, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
The Caygrades 5–8
Shares themes of courage and survival, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—19631000L
Shares themes of history and family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7
Shares themes of courage and family and overlapping grades (4–7).

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