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An etrog from across the sea
by Kerry M. Olitzky
Rachel and her family anxiously await Papa's return home with the most perfect etrog for Sukkot from across the sea
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Across so many seas by Ruth BeharSpanning over 500 years, this epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family who are united by a love of music and poetry, a desire to belong and to matter, and their longing for a home where all are welcome.
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Finn and Ezra's bar mitzvah time loop
by Joshua Levy
"Discovering they're both trapped in a bar mitzvah time loop, reliving their celebrations in the same New Jersey hotel over and over again, Finn and Ezra team up to break the loop, and as their schemes become desperate, they must figure out how to move forward. "
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Just shy of ordinary
by A. J. Sass
Shai, a thirteen-year-old nonbinary homeschooler, attempts to find a "new normal" post-pandemic as they start public school, meet new friends, and learn about their Jewish identity
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Two New Years
by Richard Ho
A multicultural family celebrates the traditions of two New Years--the Jewish Rosh Hashanah in the autumn, and the Asian Lunar New Year several months later
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The dubious pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari LoweHelping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
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Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari LoweAs tensions escalate in the Jewish community of Beacon with incidents of vandalism and a swastika carved into new concrete poured near the synagogue, so does the tension grow between Aviva and Kayla and the girls at their school, and so do the actions of the dybbuk grow worse. Could real harm be coming Aviva's way? And is it somehow related to the 'accident' that took her father years ago?
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The Passover guest
by Susan Kusel
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community
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How to find what you're not looking for
by Veera Hiranandani
Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage.
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Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail
by Lesléa Newman
A little boy sits down with his family to embark on the many traditions of their Passover Seder before symbolically opening the front door to welcome the prophet Elijah and discovering a stray kitten who needs a home. Illustrations.
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Turtle boy
by M. Evan Wolkenstein
A seventh grader struggles through a new school year marked by bullying, his teacher’s insistence that he return captured turtles to the wild and a bar mitzvah community service project that requires him to spend time visiting a terminally ill boy in the hospital. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Anya and the nightingale
by Sofiya Pasternack
A sequel to Anya and the Dragon finds the traumatized Jewish heroine investigating attacks on travelers by a mysterious forest creature while struggling to bring her papa home from war, before dangerous secrets from Kiev threaten to trap Anya and her friends beneath the city.
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The blackbird girls
by Anne Blankman
Relocating to Leningrad in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, two girls who have been taught to hate each other because of religious differences uncover painful family secrets while learning what it means to trust another person.
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No Vacancy
by Tziporah Cohen
With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family's failing motel.
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White bird : A Wonder Story
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R. J Palacio
Inspired by the author’s best-selling Wonder, a graphic novel debut traces the heartrending story of a grandmother who as a Jewish girl was hidden by a brave, compassionate family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II. Illustrations.
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All-of-a-kind family Hanukkah
by
Emily Jenkins
The beloved characters from Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family return in a heartwarming picture book celebration of their shared Hanukkah traditions in 1912, a time marked by busy preparations, impatient tempers and the lighting of the first candle on the menorah.
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Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster
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Jonathan Auxier
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem
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Refugee
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Alan Gratz
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. Simultaneous eBook.
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