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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
The international bestseller that has touched millions of readers around the world is now available in a deluxe illustrated edition, featuring powerful illustrations by acclaimed artist Oliver Jeffers. Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moishe, a milkman who is kind to everyone in his poor village of Wishniak, receives a magic frying pan that produces an unlimited supply of delicious Hanukkah latkes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
''American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Carnegie Medal Honor Book Now available again in its original classic edition in hardcover, this beloved and bestselling picture book tells the story of one family's history through the generations and the powerful bond of their love. "We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna's mother said. "It will be like having the...
17) In God's hands
Author
Publisher
Jewish Lights Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While contemplating their problems in a synagogue, Jacob and David, one man rich, the other poor, come to realize their role in making miracles happen. Inspired by an ancient legend.
18) The blessing cup
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
19) Intentions
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
After fifteen-year-old Rachel overhears her rabbi committing infidelity, she must come to terms with the fact that adults make mistakes, too--and that she is old enough to be held responsible for her own mistakes.
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