18 books like My Brother's Keeper

What to read after My Brother's Keeper — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Machine Gunners Robert Westall · 1975 · ★ 3.5 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Moderate After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it. Shares World War, War, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction

The dark forest Hugh Walpole · 1916 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate John Durward and John Trenchard are two Englishmen who join a company of Russian doctors, nurses, and orderlies working on the Russian side of the Eastern Front at the height of World War I. Durward, the primary narrator, is a detached and seemingly-objective observer of events; his friend Trenchard is a dreamy, clumsy, and naive man whose fiancee, Marie Ivanova, is serving alongside him as a… Shares World War I, World War, Historical Fiction

1915

1915 Roger McDonald · 2001 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares World War, War, Children's fiction with this book.

The Great War Michael Morpurgo · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War. It is a collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. Each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the fighting. Shares World War I, World War, War, Historical Fiction

Lord of the Nutcracker men Iain Lawrence · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe, and all too soon Johnny's father is swept up in the war to end all wars. He proudly enlists with his British countrymen to fight at the front in France. The war, though, is nothing like what any… Shares World War I, World War, War, Historical Fiction

In Secret Robert W. Chambers · 1919 The case in question concerned a letter in a yellow envelope, which was dumped along with other incoming mail upon one of the many long tables where hundreds of women and scores of men sat opening and reading thousands of letters for the Bureau of P. C. - whatever that may mean. Shares World War I, World War

War Game Michael Foreman · 1993 · ★ 5.0 · 76p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Based on a true account of a soccer game played between the German and English troops in no-man's land on Christmas Day in 1914 during World War I, this book tells the story of four young men who have recently enlisted and have found that war is not as glamorous as they had once thought. The young men get to realize their dream of playing soccer for England when the English and German sides hold… Shares World War I, World War, War, Children's fiction

The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares World War I, World War with this book.

Star wars Toshiki Kudo · 1999 · ★ 4.1 Shares War, Children's fiction with this book.

To the Last Man

To the Last Man Jeff Shaara · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe's western front. France and Great Britain… Shares World War I, World War, War, Historical Fiction

D-Day Kate Messner · 2018 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares World War, War, Children's fiction with this book.

Into the Killing Seas

Into the Killing Seas Michael P. Spradlin · 2015 Shares World War, War, Children's fiction with this book.

D-Day Bryan Perrett · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate It's 1944, and Andy Pope's platoon is crossing the English channel to reach the beaches of Normandy. This is D-Day - the biggest invasion in history. Ordered to cut off the Germans' line of retreat, Andy's company comes under sustained attach until, as the only officer left unwounded, he finds himself in command and fighting for survival. [kh]. Shares World War, War, Children's fiction

The Burning Shore

The Burning Shore Wilbur Smith · 1998 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Challenging 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR. HOPE IN A TIME OF CRISIS. One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney, is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine… Shares World War I, World War

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Historical Fiction with this book.

Rose Blanche Ian McEwan · 1985 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares World War, War, Children's fiction with this book.

War Horse Michael Morpurgo · 1982 · ★ 4.2 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Shares World War I, World War, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction

Maisie Dobbs

Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her… Shares World War I, World War, Historical Fiction

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