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Summary: When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GREAldredge, Betsy
Summary: New Yorker Hannah Levin is allergic to horses and tinsel. Unfortunately, she’s surrounded by both when she’s snowed in at her grandmother’s home in a small Texas town. Missing latkes and reliable Wi-Fi, Hannah wanders into an old deli where she meets the only other Jewish teen around: Noah, who happens to be equal parts adorable and full of annoying, over the top festival of lights spirit that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Underlined 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALDGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the early 1900s, Jewish cousins Rebecca and Ana must find the real culprit when they are unfairly blamed for a series of mishaps in the Japanese garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREAlbertalli, Becky
Summary: Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Albertalli 2020Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: "What if you, as a girl battling stage fright before a dance recital, suddenly found yourself in Rebecca's world in 1914? Join Rebecca on adventures where the two of you can try out for a vaudeville show, put on a musical, or even sneak into a factory todeliver an important message. Your journey back in time can take whatever twists and turns you choose, as you select from a variety of options...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AMEAlbertalli, Becky
Summary: YES: Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate, as long as he's behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let's face it, speaking at all to almost anyone) Jamie's a choke artist. There's no way he'd ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes; until he meets Maya. NO: Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ALBGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca helps her injured neighbor, Mr. Rossi, by caring for his pigeons, she discovers a strange black pigeon with an eerie message warning Mr. Rossi of danger, and consults a fortune teller to learn if she is in danger, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009