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If I should die before I wake If I should die before I wake Han Nolan As Hilary, a Neo-Nazi initiate, lies in a coma, she is transported back to Poland at the onset of World War II into the life of a Jewish teenager. OL111950W
The Mortal Storm The Mortal Storm Phyllis Bottome Pre-World War II Ficton. It is rebellious Fraulein Freya Toiler's birthday and she does not want to spend it with her cheeky brothers. She wants to do something special; something exciting and out of… OL1203214W
Strudel stories Strudel stories Joanne Rocklin Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. OL121004W
Gauchos judíos Gauchos judíos Alberto Gerchunoff "Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell st… OL1308236W
The devil's company The devil's company David Liss From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, Davi… OL13246W
The Family Moskat The Family Moskat Isaac Bashevis Singer Review in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/25/home/singer-moskat.html OL1345096W
A coming evil A coming evil Vivian Vande Velde During the German occupation of France in 1940, thirteen-year-old Lisette meets a ghost while living with her aunt who harbors Jewish and Gypsy children in the French countryside. OL14849910W
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour Elie Wiesel Contains: [La Nuit](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14856842W/La_Nuit) L'Aube Le Jour OL14856828W
Escape to the forest Escape to the forest Ruth Y. Radin A young Jewish girl living with her family in the town of Lida at the beginning of World War II recalls the horrors of life under first the Russians then the Nazis, before fleeing to join Tuvia Biels… OL14870283W
The things a brother knows The things a brother knows Dana Reinhardt Although they have never gotten along well, seventeen-year-old Levi follows his older brother Boaz, an ex-Marine, on a walking trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. in hopes of learning why Boaz is co… OL14909463W
Follow the star Follow the star Robert Elmer In 1945 in Denmark, thirteen-year-old brother and sister Peter and Elise try to help their Jewish friend Henrik when his mother and a friend of hers are arrested by the Russians and accused of being … OL15026534W
Fancy Aunt Jess Fancy Aunt Jess Amy Hest A girl enjoys being with her unmarried Aunt Jess, who lives in Brooklyn. OL15048593W
The runaway latkes The runaway latkes Leslie Kimmelman When three potato latkes escape Rachel Bloom's frying pan on the first night of Hanukkah, everyone including the cantor, the rabbi, and the mayor joins in the chase. OL15059791W
Last Days of Summer Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger **From Goodreads:** The hilarious and heart–warming story about a down–and–out kid who finds inspiration in his favourite baseball hero. In Brooklyn, 1940, a wisecracking, baseball loving twelv… OL15144540W
A Mezuzah on the Door A Mezuzah on the Door Amy Meltzer Moving is tough! Young readers will relate to the story of a little boy who moves from an apartment in the city to a house in the suburbs and must adjust to his new surroundings. The Jewish tradition… OL15182545W
The Bad Book Affair The Bad Book Affair Ian Sansom In The Bad Book Affair Israel finds himself on the verge of his thirtieth birthday and on the trail of a troubled missing teenager, the daughter of a local politician. Why has the young woman disappe… OL15188528W
Something red Something red Jennifer Gilmore A novel about a Jewish-American family in Washington DC in 1979. OL15470059W
Anya's war Anya's war Andrea Alban In 1937, the privileged and relatively carefee life of a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, whose family emigrated from Odessa, Ukraine, to Shanghai, China, comes to an end when she finds an abandoned ba… OL15520828W
Blooms of Darkness Blooms of Darkness Aharon Appelfeld,Jeffrey M. Green A new novel from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli writer ("One of the greatest writers of the age"--The Guardian), a haunting, heartbreaking story of love and loss.The ghetto in w… OL1573670W
Moishe's Miracle Moishe's Miracle Laura Krauss Melmed 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. OL157913W
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