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Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Summary: "During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRA

Jordan, Anna E.

Summary: "The switcheroo fun of The Parent Trap meets the showbiz spirit of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this timeless coming-of-age story about family, friendship, and following your dreams. When Shira and Esther first meet, they can hardly believe their eyes. It's like looking in a mirror! But even though they may look identical, the two girls couldn't be more different. Shira dreams of singing and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOR

Fruchter, Temim.

Summary: "A rich and riveting debut marrying centuries-old folklore to twenty-first-century queer literary fiction, City of Laughter spans four generations of Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years. Ropshitz, Poland, was once known as the City of Laughter. As this story opens, an eighteenth century...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2024

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Albom, Mitch

3 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Newman, Lesléa

Summary: "Dueling baker sisters Esther and Hester meet their new neighbor Sylvester, who gladly becomes their babka tester, determining which shvester's (sister's) babka is the best"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NEW

Ryan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)

Summary: "On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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Connolly, Rebecca

Summary: "Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andrée is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CON

Runyan, Aimie K.

Summary: Germany, 1939. After her mother's death, Hanna Rombauer is unwillingly matched with an SS officer. The independence her mother fostered in her is considered highly inappropriate as the future wife of an up-and-coming officer, and she is sent to a "bride school." Hanna is taught how to be a "proper" German wife, but the lessons of hatred, prejudice, and misogyny disturb her, and she is desperate...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RUN

Grodstein, Lauren

3 holds on 7 copies

Summary: "Adam, a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Will he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls? Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. One of the people he interviews is his flatmate Sala, who is stoic, determined, and funny--and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

Albom, Mitch

4 holds on 15 copies

Summary: Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALB
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Albom

Lloyd, Toby

Summary: A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC LLO

Steel, Danielle

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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Dray, Stephanie

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "An epic generational saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray, based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy in some of humanity's darkest hours. Most castles are protected by powerful men. This one by women... A reluctant resistor... 1940. French schoolteacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DRA

Dray, Stephanie

Summary: "An epic generational saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray, based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy in some of humanity's darkest hours. Most castles are protected by powerful men. This one by women... A reluctant resistor... 1940. French schoolteacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 0000

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC DRA (BOOK CLUB KIT-8 paperbacks)

Albom, Mitch

Summary: Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a small village in Greece during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. The Little Liar follows the life of Nico Krispis, who, until his 11th birthday, has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: PA FIC ALB

Gillham, David R.

Summary: "1955 in New York City, the city of progress. But in the Perlman residence, the past is as close as the present. Rachel Perlman, a child of Berlin and an artist bearing her mother's legacy, arrives in New York as part of the wave of Jewish Displaced persons who managed to survive the brutalities of the war. But despite her efforts, Rachel is unable to live the "normal" life of an American...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GIL

Babay, Michal

Summary: Leelee and her dog perform mitzvahs around the house to get ready for Shabbat.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2024

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