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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2013Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: Although she is the best matchmaker in the neighborhood, Jerome's Bubbie has a hard time finding a match for the fussy Mr. Sussman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: je polPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Describes how a young, shy Clara Barton loved and nurtured animals and plants before her older brother recognized Clara's gifts and encouraged her to develop her healing skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Bio BartonCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An autobiography of the well-known author and illustrator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: R.C. Owen 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POLACCO POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 1988Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction PolaccoCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E POLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2010Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Whenever Mary Ellen needed Betty Doll, she was there. Through the fierce Michigan thunderstorms and the snowy blizzards. Through parties, weddings, and the deaths of old friends. Now, when Mary Ellen's daughter Trisha needs Betty Doll most, she opens a package and rediscovers the sweet old doll, along with a letter written by her mother right before she died. In it, her mother tells the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001