Gordon, Cambria
Summary: As the United States enters World War II, seventeen-year-old Eleanor wants to do something to help her Jewish relatives in Poland, so she puts her brilliant math skills to work for the US army to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help defeat the enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC GORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GORSummary: The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIARomero, R. M. (Rachel Maria)
Summary: Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez--a biracial Jewish girl--finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents' desire for her to pursue a more stable career. When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt's cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named Benjamin, who died over a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Teen 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ROMLipman, Elinor.
Summary: In New England, love conquers all between Jews and Christians. Jewish Natalie Marx overcomes the bias of the Christian Berrys to marry Kris Berry, while Christian Nelson Berry overcomes the bias of the Jewish Feldmans to marry Linette Feldman. Both families own hotels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIPHopen, David
Summary: "A commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020