Canadian Perspectives of World War II

Historical Fiction by Canadian authors describing World War II from a Canadian perspective.

Updated September 3, 2025
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Come from away : a novel of the Second World War
Graham, Genevieve
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Tides of Honour and Promises to Keep comes a poignant novel about a young couple caught on opposite sides of the Second World War. In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker's three brothers, sharp and proud in their uniforms, board Canadian...
The jade peony : a novel
Choy, Wayson
Paper Book
Chinatown, Vancouver, of the early 194Os provides the backdrop for this fresh, uplifting, award-winning first novel, told through the reminiscences of the three young children of an immigrant Chinese family. Jook-Liang is the useless girl of the family, who dreams of becoming Shirley Temple and...
Letters across the sea
Graham, Genevieve
Paper Book
Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that's perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society<...
Obasan
Kogawa, Joy.
Paper Book
A moving vision of an affront to democratic principles... A tour de force, a deeply felt novel, brilliantly poetic in its sensibility' - New York Times'
The riveter : a novel
Wang, Jack
Paper Book
In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII. Vancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to make a new life for himself. The Second World War...
Speakeasy
Smith, Alisa
Paper Book
A WALTER SCOTT PRIZE ACADEMY RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018! In this literate and action-packed historical thriller, set during World War II, a plucky code-breaker fights to keep a deadly secret as her Bonnie-and-Clyde past threatens to catch up with her. Thirty...

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