Books like Projekt 1065
Looking for books like Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction · grades 5–9)? It’s most often read for its themes of WWII, spying, and courage. 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.
These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 5–9 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Projekt 1065
A Night DividedJennifer A. Nielsen
AlliesAlan Gratz
EchoPam Muñoz Ryan · 680L
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912Lauren Tarshis · 590L
Code Name KingfisherLiz Kessler
IcebergJennifer A. Nielsen
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak · 730L
The War I Finally WonKimberly Brubaker Bradley
TorchLyn Miller-Lachmann
A Corner of the UniverseAnn M. Martin
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Why each is a match
- A Night Dividedgrades 5–8
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- Alliesgrades 5–9
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- Echo680L
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912590L
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- Code Name Kingfishergrades 4–8
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- Iceberggrades 3–7
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- The Book Thief730L
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (8–11).
- The War I Finally Wongrades 5–8
- Shares themes of WWII, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- Torchgrades 9–12
- Shares themes of courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- A Corner of the Universegrades 5–8
- Same genre (Historical Fiction), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2010s).