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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ish min ha-tsad ha-aḥer Ish min ha-tsad ha-aḥer Uri Orlev Living on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, fourteen-year-old Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish uprising. OL1580106W
Ruts, yeled, ruts Ruts, yeled, ruts Uri Orlev Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside. OL1580109W
A Curable Romantic A Curable Romantic Joseph Skibell When Dr. Jakob Josef Sammelsohn arrives in Vienna in the 1890s, he happens to meet Sigmund Freud, has a series of affairs, is haunted by the ghost of his abandoned wife, and eventually ends up in the… OL20445494W
The puppet boy of Warsaw The puppet boy of Warsaw Eva Weaver I was twelve when the coat was made. Nathan, our tailor and dear friend, cut it for Grandfather in the first week of March 1938. It was the last week of freedom for Warsaw and for us ... Even in the … OL20857869W
Milkweed (Black Apples) Milkweed (Black Apples) Jerry Spinelli He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’… OL77077W