Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller

Reach for this book when your middle-grade reader is beginning to ask deeper questions about history, identity, and what it means to be brave when the world feels unsafe. It is an essential choice for children grappling with themes of belonging or for those who need to see how resilience is forged through quiet endurance rather than just loud action. This moving biography follows Regine Miller, a ten-year-old Jewish girl in Belgium who must hide her true identity and move between foster families to survive the Holocaust. Unlike many war stories that focus on the front lines, this narrative centers on Regine's internal growth and her struggle to maintain a sense of self while being told she must tell no one who she is. It is a sensitive, realistic portrayal of trauma and survival that encourages empathy and historical awareness in readers aged ten and up.