Books like The Warsaw Orphan
12 books with a reading profile close to The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in Italy during the final years of World War II, the story follows Pino Lella, a teenager who becomes an underground operative helping Jews escape across the Alps.
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2
Out of the Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1950 New Orleans, the story follows Josie Moraine, the daughter of a French Quarter prostitute.
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The Spectacular
by Fiona Davis
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1950s Manhattan, the narrative follows Marion Brooks, a young woman who defies her father’s expectations by auditioning for the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Elizabeth Keckley, a formerly enslaved woman who bought her freedom through her needlework, establishes a successful business in Washington, D.C., and becomes the personal confidante and modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln.
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The Book of Lost Names
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1942, Eva Traube flees Paris for a mountain town near the Swiss border after the authorities arrest her father.
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Looking for Jane
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set against the backdrop of Toronto from the 1970s to the 2010s, this novel follows three women linked by a clandestine network providing illegal abortions.
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The Paris Daughter
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1939 Paris, Elise Duval and Juliette Foulon are friends and mothers whose lives fracture when the German occupation begins.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
When U.S.
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Orphan Train
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1929, an Irish immigrant named Niamh is sent from New York City to the Midwest on an orphan train, a program meant to relocate displaced children to rural homes.
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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1950s Washington, D.C., Grace March moves into Briarwood House, a female-only boarding establishment during the height of the Red Scare.
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The First Ladies
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
This historical novel centers on the real-world partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story centers on the Watsons, a Black family living in Flint, Michigan.
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