Raised secular (her mother is Jewish and her father is Christian), twelve-year-old Caroline does not identify as Jewish until her Nana’s death and the inheritance of her Nana’s Magen David (Star of...
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A Boy From Baghdad
by Miriam Halahmy
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Salman must flee his beautiful, comfortable home in Iraq- it’s no longer safe for Jews.
Elsa wakes up in the middle of the night to find her grandmother is also awake and has been thinking about her childhood in France, when the Nazis came to power. Dounia tells Elsa about her experie...
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12-year-old Tori lives with her father and grandmother. Her best friend has moved away, making this the most boring summer ever. One day, on her way home from a bar mitzvah, Tori meets Jazzy, her n...
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This fast-paced, contemporary book is written as a series of funny and sarcastic emails from eighth-grader Amy Finawitz to her best friend, Callie. Callie has left New York City to spend the year i...
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