Tagged: Jewish Book Council

Strange Crea­tures by Phoebe North

Strange Crea­tures by Phoebe North

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories—real and imagined—that they tell...

NSFW by Isabel Kaplan

NSFW by Isabel Kaplan

Blisteringly sharp and hypersmart―meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul. From the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears to be the...

All the Shin­ing People by Kathy Fried­man

All the Shin­ing People by Kathy Fried­man

Twelve exquisitely written stories depicting the search for human connection and the attempt to fit in far from home. All the Shining People explores migration, diaspora, and belonging within Toronto’s Jewish South African community,...

Use­ful Junk by Eri­ka Meitner

Use­ful Junk by Eri­ka Meitner

A master of documentary poetry, Erika Meitner takes up the question of desire and intimacy in her latest collection of poems. In her previous five collections of poetry, Erika Meitner has established herself as...

Escape from the Ghet­to by John Carr

Escape from the Ghet­to by John Carr

A Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Resilience in World War II This captivating true story of one boy’s flight across Europe to escape the Nazis is a tale of extraordinary courage, incredible adventure, and the...

Mrs. Noah’s Doves by Jane Yolen

Mrs. Noah’s Doves by Jane Yolen

Illustrator: Ali­da Mas­sari Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were...

Things to Come and Go by Bette How­land

Things to Come and Go by Bette How­land

From the acclaimed author of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir W-3, a trio of novellas about three women’s bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with...