Looking for excellent children's books about resistance? This collection brings together Bookroo's highest-rated and most useful picks in one place.
Start with our editorial favorites, then browse recommendations organized by reading stage to find the right book for your reader.
A young girl hides from the Nazis, capturing her journey through the lens of a camera.
A slave and a soldier defy an empire, risking everything for freedom.
In a land where music is forbidden, a girl must uncover secrets to save her world.
A girl must decode her father's messages to save him and guide refugees across Nazi-occupied France.
A rubber-bodied pirate seeks the ultimate treasure, facing betrayal and ruthless foes.
Smuggle a baby through Nazi-occupied Holland. Will they succeed?
A girl fights to reclaim her identity in a harsh residential school.
Two siblings travel back in time to World War II to help a friend escape from France.
Two kids defy a deadly famine in 1930s Ukraine. Can they survive Stalin's plan?
A king's bold plan challenges Nazi oppression in occupied Denmark.
Illustrated read-alouds about resistance for preschool and elementary-age readers.
A Jewish girl defies the Gestapo in WWII Warsaw.
A stubborn cat resists bath time, forcing creative solutions.
A little chimp's bedtime refusal leads to a splashy adventure.
The Resistance battles the First Order's planet-destroying weapon.
Can two unlikely allies stop the First Order's threat?
A man seeks redemption on a perilous journey.
Longer stories about resistance for developing and independent readers.
Two kids flee across Europe after a failed plot to kill Hitler.
Children face unimaginable horrors in a fight for survival during the Holocaust.
A Jewish family in German-occupied Poland struggles to survive as the Holocaust closes in around them.
A young writer must choose between betrayal and rebellion in a crumbling communist regime.
A young girl is given a new identity and must leave her parents behind in the ghetto to survive.
A girl with hidden powers must confront a fearsome Dragonlord to save her sister.
Can French schoolchildren hide Jewish refugees from the Nazis?
Ten pivotal days change a young girl's life and history forever.
A girl and an alien mechanic embark on a wild quest to save Earth from invasion.
Magic vanished, hope lost. Can Zélie restore power and defy a tyrant?
A young spy races against time to rescue her captured mother on D-Day.
A thirteen-year-old boy must protect his younger sister and evade the Gestapo after his family is torn apart by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
