Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media by Mark Kurlansky
Illustrator: Eric Zelz In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “big lie,” a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to...
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Some Kind of Hate by Sarah Darer Littman
Declan Taylor is furious at the world. After winning state as a freshman starting pitcher, he accidentally messes up his throwing arm. Despite painful surgery and brutal physical therapy, he might never pitch again....
Neom: A Novel from the World of Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Today, Neom is a utopian dream―a megacity of the future yet to be built in the Saudi desert. In this deeply imaginative novel from the award-winning universe of Central Station, far-future Neom is already...
The Greatest Song of All by Megan Hoyt
How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall Illustrator: Katie Hickey From the acclaimed author of Bartali’s Bicycle comes the inspiring story of violin virtuoso Isaac Stern and his mission to save...
The Prophet of the Andes by Graciela Mochkofsky
An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land The remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Christians to Judaism, sparking a pilgrimage from the Andes to Israel and inspiring a wave...
One-Legged Mongoose by Marc J. Straus
Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950’s New York It’s June 1953, and 10-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother’s car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a...
Deborah’s Tree by Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Cosei Kawa Deborah has a gift; she can see the future As Deborah grows up, so do the date palms that surround her home. Under these trees, people come from far and wide...
My Mother’s Secret by Alina Adams
A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region With his dying breath, Lena’s father asks his family a cryptic question: “You couldn’t tell, could you?” After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes...
The Object of Jewish Literature by Barbara E. Mann
A Material History A history of modern Jewish literature that explores our enduring attachment to the book as an object With the rise of digital media, the “death of the book” has been widely...
The Missing Jew by Rodger Kamenetz
Kamenetz’s poems whirl and shake on the page. He is the poet of the living history of unspeakable names and his book…sings with dark wit the tales of tough family spirits. –Louise Erdrich, author...
