Books like The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
If you liked The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival, read Beasts, Brownstone, or Divergent — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland
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Looking for books like The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 9–12)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
BeastsIngvild Bjerkeland
BrownstoneSamuel Teer
DivergentVeronica Roth
His Face Is the SunMichelle Jabès Corpora
Long Way DownJason Reynolds · 720L
Plain Jane and the MermaidVera Brosgol
Sisters in the WindAngeline Boulley
This Book Won't BurnSamira Ahmed
Under the Same StarsLibba Bray
Where Wolves Don't DieAnton Treuer
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- Beastsgrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Brownstonegrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Divergentgrades 8–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon → books like this →
- His Face Is the Sungrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Long Way Down720L
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Plain Jane and the Mermaidgrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Sisters in the Windgrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- This Book Won't Burngrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Under the Same Starsgrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Where Wolves Don't Diegrades 9–12
- Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
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MacbethWilliam ShakespeareSame grade band · on 6 reading lists
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The TempestWilliam ShakespeareSame grade band · on 6 reading lists
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Much Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareSame grade band · on 5 reading lists
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An Inspector CallsJ. B. PriestleySame grade band · on 4 reading lists
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Everything, EverythingNicola YoonSame grade band · on 4 reading lists
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FrankensteinMary ShelleySame grade band · on 4 reading lists
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Julius CaesarWilliam ShakespeareSame grade band · on 4 reading lists
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Books like The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival for middle school (grades 6–8)
Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.
- Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. · grades 6–8 — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction). Amazon →
- Wish I Was a Baller by Amar Shah · grades 6–8 — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction). Amazon →
- Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman · grades 3–7 — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction). Amazon →
- Maid for It by Jamie Sumner · grades 6–8 — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction). Amazon →
- Now Is Your Time by Walter Dean Myers · grades 4–8 — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction). Amazon →
Common questions
- What books are similar to The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival?
- The 10 closest matches to The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel on ReadingList include Beasts, Brownstone, Divergent, His Face Is the Sun, and Long Way Down. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
- How does ReadingList choose similar books?
- Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.
Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.
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