World war 2 book - for 9 year old

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Hi,
My just turned 9 year old is really interested in history and they are doing WW2 this year. Are there any good books anyone can recommend for him?
He's a good reader. I've done a quick google but wanted to ask for personal recommendations. Thankyou!

Carries War by Nina Bawden

Horrible histories have a few which are good and appropriate for his age.

Carries war is a good book as is goodnight mister Tom altho may be a little old so you might want to read them first!

This one

Emma Carroll has some great books set on war time (especially Letters from the Lighthouse), although I would perhaps check ahead with this one as it's a very common choice as a class reader or focus text in upper KS2 so you wouldn't want him to get bored if he's already read it and they later go on to study it.

Dominic Sandbrook (historian and podcaster) has written a children's series called Adventures in Time which he would probably enjoy. One of the books is about the 2nd World War.

I just spent ages googling to remember a book I read around age that made an impression, it’s this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_on_Bird_Street

Thanks so much all for recommendations - absolutely brilliant! I will look through them all. Much appreciated

The Silver Sword is another great one, although he may be a tad young for it at 9. I think I read it in the summer of Year 6, so 11 and just about to go up to senior school, but I remember it feel quite a 'grown up book' at the time. It's stayed with me though, so definitely a recommended read at some point even if not quite yet.

Ds loved WWII, so read a lot of books set around that time:

Mystery at Witchend, (Malcolm Saville) also I think Seven White Gates is also during WWII)
The Children of Primrose Lane/When the Siren Wailed/Party Frock (Noel Streatfield)
Spoonful of Jam (can't remember, but it's the second in the series and set just after WWII)
Biggles (this did make some adjustments to his language along the lines of "chocks away" "damn right" "gosh!" etc)
Valley of Adventure, (Enid Blyton) doesn't explicitly say WWII but clearly is just after.
The Adventurous Four (Enid Blyton) references "the crooked cross" as sign of the "enemy of half the world"
The Chalet School in Exile (Elinor Brent Dyer) he wasn't impressed by the rest of the Chalet Schools but did enjoy this one.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit/Bombs on Aunt Daisy (Judith Kerr) it's her autographical story. There is a third one in the series but it is NOT a children's book.
Henderson Boys series (Robert Muchamore) Ds was a couple of years older when he read these ones, and I'd recommend you either read them together or at least read them first and decide. They're a lot more violent than the others on this list.
Hitler's Canary (Jenny Murray-I think)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (CS Lewis) starts off being evacuated
Diary of Anne Frank; depends on how sensitive he is. Ds was okay, but his older sister was somewhat distraught when she asked for the sequel.

He also read a lot of fact books, especially round planes. By that age the more simple adult books gave him more interest as he got frustrated when things were dumbed down.
I think he was older when he read The Eagle has Landed and the Jack Higgins ones.

There were more, but I can't remember them offhand.

He also loved Dad's Army, and 'Allo, 'Allo and films like Dambusters/Great Escape etc. The History Channel had a documentary on the Bismark which he could practically quote off by heart for a while.

@MargaretThursday “Spoonful of Jam (can't remember, but it's the second in the series and set just after WWII)”. We have very similar taste in books!

Michelle Magorian - she wrote Goodnight Mister Tom which I read for the first time aged nine, Back Home (girl returns after being evacuated to the USA and struggles to adjust), Cuckoo in the Nest (returned evacuee is struggling to adjust, but he’s 16, probably not one to read at nine), A Spoonful of Jam about the younger sister in the same family as Cuckoo in the Nest, and a couple of other linked novels about that family set in the late 40s and 50s.

In addition to the above:
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall.
Peter in Peril by Helen Bate. It's a graphic novel.

D Day Dog by Tom Palmer, and others by him including Arctic Star and Resist

When my son was a similar age he got very interested in WW2, in particular the D Day landings, so we have lots of books. When he isn’t in bed I will go and make a list for you

Machine Gunners:Robert Westall

Adolfus Tips by Michael Morpurgo (at least I think it's ww2 and not WW1 (long time I read it)
Goodnight Mr Tom and the boy in the striped PJs (although the former might be a bit on the tricky side and the latter is quite harrowing)
A town like Alice/ the pied piper / Sliderule all by Nevil Shute.

You are all amazing! Thanks so much - plenty to be looking at, I really appreciate it. He's quite grumpy about school generally but history has sparked his interest and he likes reading so am keen to encourage!

I don’t think nine is quite old enough for A Town Like Alice - I’m still a bit traumatised by a couple of the descriptions of the treatment of POWs. When older, definitely!

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit is a brilliant book - I read the trilogy as an adult and loved them.

I'd say only the first is suitable for a 9 year old.

Goodnight Mr Tom is very harrowing!

Also, if you're anywhere near Yorkshire, Eden Camp is a fantastic museum.

The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig’s memoir of being sent from Poland to a prison camp in Siberia

The Exeter Blitz by David Rees

When the whales came by Michael Morpurgo has a subtle nod to the war in the background, its impact on an island community, and is nicely written

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