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Paris Secrets by Sean Vogel

Paris Secrets by Sean Vogel

A Jake McGreevy Novel How do a baking contest and a mission from World War II combine? With a whisk . . . and some risk! The wit and charm of The Great British...

Squir­rel Hill by Mark Oppen­heimer

Squir­rel Hill by Mark Oppen­heimer

The Tree of Life Syn­a­gogue Shoot­ing and the Soul of a Neighborhood A piercing portrait of the struggles and triumphs of one of America’s renowned Jewish neighborhoods in the wake of unspeakable tragedy that...

Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

In the new country, Shirley and her family all have big dreams. Take the family store: Shirley has great ideas about how to make it more modern! Prettier! More profitable! She even thinks she...

Names in a Jar by Jen­nifer Gold

Names in a Jar by Jen­nifer Gold

Twelve-year-old Anna Krawitz is imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto with her older sister, Lina, and their father. Happy days spent reading about anatomy and science in Papa’s bookshop are long gone, and the knowledge...

Raquela's Seder by Joel Edward Stein

Raquela’s Seder by Joel Edward Stein

Illustrator: Sara Ugolotti Raquela yearns to celebrate a Passover seder, but Inquisition-era Spain is a time when Jews must hide their religion. Under the rising moon, her clever papa, the best fisherman in town,...