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Author
Series
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Misha has no one to celebrate Hanukkah with until he discovers a hungry cat in his barn. The lucky little cat inspires Misha to turn each night of Hanukkah into something special"--
Author
Series
Wolf by wolf volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this alternate version of the 1950s, after the Axis powers win World War II, Yael, a Jewish skinshifter, fails in her mission to kill Hitler and finds herself being hunted while trying to finish what she started.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 148 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others immigrate to America.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.--
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Three teenage boy cousins on a road trip through California and the Southwest come to terms with truths about their families and themselves"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C.
"It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally, with her mom's Subaru. Attempted vehicular manslaughter was not part of Shani's plan. She was supposed to be focusing on her month long paleoichthyology internship. She was going to spend all her time thinking about dead fish and not at all about how she was unceremoniously...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1918 New York City, little Jewish girl Rivka, who lives on the Lower East Side, trades chores with people in her neighborhood for lessons until she can finally attend school.
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain"--
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
331 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
Author
Series
All-of-a-kind family volume 5
Publisher
Lizzie Skurnick Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Reissue edition
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When Jules comes to see her after his return from the war, Ella finds it difficult to have some time alone with him.
Author
Publisher
Disney / Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stranded on an iceberg on his way to America, Simon remembers his mother's parting words and lights the first candle on his menorah while praying for a miracle, which soon arrives in the form of a friendly polar bear.
14) The Jake show
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For TV-obsessed Jake Lightman, his parents' divorce is like his favorite show getting canceled: The worst. Now he's stuck between playing the role of 'Yaakov' for his mother and 'Jacob' for his father. On Jake's first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly, he has two friends who seem to like the real Jake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to go--even if his parents won't let...
15) The map of stars
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
514 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher -- and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma. Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea what the photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means,...
16) What if it's us
Author
Series
What if it's us volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it's that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn't be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend's things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them? Maybe...
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 hr., 9 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories from the early- and mid-20th century Yiddish literary tradition, in a variety of genres, by Eastern European writers such as Moyshe Nadir, Jacob Reisfeder, and Sonya Kantor.
18) Falling short
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comesc crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--
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