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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Naomi's song Naomi's song Selma Silverberg Elaborates on the biblical story of Naomi, who grows up and marries in twelfth century B.C. Judaea, moves with her husband and sons to Moab, and returns home with her daughter-in-law Ruth, facing man… OL13614161W
Who by fire Who by fire Diana Spechler Bits and Ash were children when the kidnapping of their younger sister, Alena—an incident for which Ash blames himself—caused an irreparable family rift. Thirteen years later, Ash is living as an Ort… OL13748872W
The list The list Martin Fletcher "Winner of a Jewish National Book Award for his previous book, Walking Israel, NBC Special Correspondent Martin Fletcher uses meticulous research and his own family's history in this stunning novel. … OL15980826W
Magdalen rising Magdalen rising Elizabeth Cunningham In this Celtic wonder tale, young Maeve and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Born to eight warrior-witc… OL16070403W
The cat at the wall The cat at the wall Deborah Ellis A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the … OL17867991W
The Wall The Wall William Sutcliffe Joshua kicks his football into a building site and discovers a secret tunnel. It leads through pitch darkness under the Wall and into forbidden territory, where a boy like him shouldn't stray. When J… OL18147486W
City of Secrets City of Secrets Stewart O'Nan "In 1945, Jewish refugees by the thousands set out for Palestine. Those who made it relied on the underground to shelter them; taking false names, they blended with the population, joining the wildly… OL19662542W
The last testament The last testament Sam Bourne As the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities is looted, a teenage Iraqi boy finds an ancient clay tablet in a long-forgotten vault... At a rally for the signing of a historic deal between Israel and the Pal… OL19703885W
Our horses in Egypt Our horses in Egypt Rosalind Belben "Philomena is requisitioned from a Dorset field in 1914 and serves with the yeomanry in Egypt and Palestine until the end of the First World War. But she doesn't come back to England : thousands of B… OL19934405W
Khirbet Khizeh Khirbet Khizeh Yizhar, S. "Published just months after the end of the 1948 war that followed the establishment of the state of Israel, Khirbet Khizeh was an immediate sensation. Since then, the book has continued to challenge… OL20000773W
A curious land A curious land Susan Muaddi Darraj "Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connectio… OL20019921W
All the rivers All the rivers Dorit Rabinyan "A controversial, award-winning story about the passionate but untenable affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from one of Israel's most acclaimed novelists. When Liat meets Hilmi on… OL20052407W
Salt houses Salt houses Hala Alyan "From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home ... On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads… OL20054932W
The Kingdom of the Wicked The Kingdom of the Wicked Anthony Burgess A Roman saga, taking in the excesses of Tiberius, Caligula and Nero and an irreverent account of the early days of Christianity. Sadoc, a dying shipping clerk, sets down for future generations a tale… OL261787W
Samir & Yonatan Samir & Yonatan Daniella Carmi Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy, Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars where Samir… OL26444W
The gates of Zion The gates of Zion Brock Thoene Historical Fiction based on fact. Time-frame is the end of WW II just before the establishment of Israel as a country. OL543261W
Touch Touch Ferguson, John "A novel about a Roman soldier who, spying on the messianic movement around Jesus, finds himself changed as he witnesses Jesus' message and miracles"--Provided by publisher. OL5822936W
Mornings in Jenin Mornings in Jenin Susan Abulhawa Forcibly removed from the ancient village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejas are moved into the Jenin refugee camp. There, exiled from his beloved olive groves, the… OL8846634W
The Palestine Conspiracy The Palestine Conspiracy Robert Spirko Book Review: The Palestine Conspiracy Alysha Atma Salem-News.com The labyrinth of politics takes both novice and expert through what should be done, what could be done - and the consequences of st… OL9762022W