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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Lone Star Reading List 2023
Watauga Middle School 2023-2024 TX Star List
Lone Star Reading List 2023
Watauga Middle School 2023-2024 TX Star List
Description
"Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
As autumn approaches Ilse Stern is thinking about her infatuation with Hermann Rød, and whether his determination to be a painter will interfere with their romance--but the reality of being Jewish in occupied Oslo is about to turn her whole world upside down, as the deportation of the Norwegian Jews begins.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
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Description
Follows the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl from Prague who after being sent to Auschwitz is chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox, It's a Whole Spiel features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and adventurous, and anything we want to be"--
6) Token
Author
Publisher
Minx
Language
English
Description
Shira, a 15 year old teenager whose best friend is a bawdy 8 year old, turns to shoplifting when her father starts dating his secretary. When Shira gets caught by a dark-eyed, streetwise boy from Spain, they become more than just friends.
Publisher
Well Go USA
Language
English
Description
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez-a biracial Jewish girl-finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents' desire for her to pursue a more stable career. When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt's cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named Benjamin, who died over a century ago. As Ilana restores Benjamin's grave, he introduces...
Author
Publisher
Mandel Vilar Press
Language
English
Description
"A riveting story of courage and strength in the face of Nazi terror ... about Hanna, a young Jewish girl, age 14, from a small Ukrainian village and how she and her family survived the Holocaust and eventually emigrated to America."--
Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of fourteen when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. The Gestapo is determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews." Now she, her friend Leon, and...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
"Examines the stories of children and teen resisters in Europe during the Holocaust, including resistance groups, unarmed resistance, armed resistance in the ghettos and camps, and partisan units"--Provided by publisher.
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