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• Chance

  Escape From the Holocaust

  Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-

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  "The Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship presents a heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from Nazi-occupied Warsaw to the Soviet Union, where he experienced his awakening as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Keeping Quilt

  Polacco, Patricia

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  "A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith."--from NoveList

• Nicky & Vera

  a Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

  Sís, Peter, 1949-

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  "In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. One of the children he saved was a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky’s aid when the Germans occupied…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

  Taback, Simms

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  "A Jewish man, living in Poland, has a very old overcoat which he recycles several times into a variety of garments."--from NoveList

• Gittel's Journey

  An Ellis Island Story

  Newman, Lesléa,

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  "Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Golem

  Wisniewski, David

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  "When the Jews of the 16th-century Prague ghetto are accused of the blood libel, and their lives are at risk from a mob, Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel fashions a Golem from clay to protect them."--from NoveList

• The Language of Angels

  a Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew

  Michelson, Richard,

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  "Describes the efforts of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda to revive Hebrew as a spoken language, discussing how he and his son, Ben-Zion, created new Hebrew words for modern ideas and objects."--from NoveList

• I Dissent

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

  Levy, Debbie,

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  "Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice."--from NoveList

• Nathan's Song

  Schubert, Leda,

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  "Early in the twentieth century, Nathan embarks on a voyage from Russia to New York City hoping to become an opera singer, and works hard while missing his home and family. Includes note about the author's grandfather, who inspired the story, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Whispering Town

  Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer,

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  "In Denmark during World War II, young Annett, her parents, and their neighbors help a Jewish family hide from Nazi soldiers until it is safe for them to leave Annett's basement."--from NoveList

• Music Was It

  Young Leonard Bernstein

  Rubin, Susan Goldman

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  "Describes the musician's childhood and education, his relationship with his family, and his career as a composer and conductor."--from NoveList

• One Yellow Daffodil

  a Hanukkah Story

  Adler, David A.

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  "During Hanukkah two children help a Holocaust survivor to once again embrace his religious traditions."--from NoveList

• Bitter and Sweet

  Feder, Sandra V., 1963-

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  "Despite her grandmother's wise words about how moving to a new place can be both bitter and sweet, Hannah feels only bitterness as she tries to get used to her new house. But when she sees the new home in the soft light of the Shabbat candles and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cats in Krasinski Square

  Hesse, Karen

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  "Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall."--from NoveList