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• Don't Want to Be Your Monster

  Moulton, Deke,

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  Adam and Victor are vampire brothers hiding in plain sight with their eclectic yet loving family. Everything changes when bodies start to appear all over town, and it becomes clear that a vampire hunter may be on the lookout for the family.

• Honey and Me

  Drazin, Meira,

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  Set in a modern Orthodox Jewish community in an American suburb, Honey and Me follows Milla and Honey through the course of sixth grade, and the holidays of the Jewish calendar, as they encounter dramas large and small.

• Linked

  Korman, Gordon

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  Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turtle Boy

  Wolkenstein, M. Evan,

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  A bar mitzvah community service assignment forces Will to befriend dying teen RJ, which gives Will flashbacks to when his Dad died and flash-forward fears to Will’s upcoming facial surgery.

• Recipe for Disaster

  Lucido, Aimee,

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  Hannah Malfa-Adler is Jew ... ish. Not that she really thinks about it. She'd prefer to focus on her favorite pastime: baking! But when her best friend has a beyond-awesome Bat Mitzvah, Hannah starts to feel a little envious.

• Max in the House of Spies

  a Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion)

  Gidwitz, Adam,

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  To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible--become a British spy.

• The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor

  Panitch, Amanda,

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  Ruby is convinced her cousin Sarah is possessed by a dybbuk, an evil spirit. Ruby is determined to save her cousin, but a dybbuk can only be expelled by a "pious Jew." If Ruby isn't Jewish enough for her own grandmother, how can she possibly be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jake Show

  Levy, Joshua (Joshua S.),

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  On Jake's first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly, he has two friends who seem to like the real Jake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to go--even if his parents won't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World

  Shanker, Samara,

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  Almost-thirteen-year-old Naomi receives a mysterious package containing a tiny clay Golem that obeys her every command, and she is unprepared for the chaos he creates when she sends him away with instructions to save the world.

• Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk

  Lowe, Mari,

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  A compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all.

• The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

  Lowe, Mari,

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  Twelve year old Orthodox Jewish girl, Shaindy must figure out how to stop some seemingly harmless pranks before she becomes the next target as the pranks escalate and turn malicious.

• The Genius Under the Table

  Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

  Yelchin, Eugene,

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  With equal amounts charm and solemnity, award-winning author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.

• How to Find What You're Not Looking for

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage.

• Not So Shy

  Nimrodi, Noa, 1969-

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  Twelve-year-old Shai hates having to move to America and is determined to find a way get back home to Israel--until she starts opening up to new experiences and friendships.

• Not Your all-American Girl

  Rosenberg, Madelyn, 1966-

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  Sixth-grade best friends try out for their middle school play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; One gets the lead role because in the teacher's mind the half-Jewish and half-Chinese girl does not fit the image of all-American girl.

• A Sky Full of Song

  Meyer, Susan Lynn, 1960-

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  In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people.

• The Witch of Woodland

  Snyder, Laurel,

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  In Atlanta, a Jewish witchcraft enthusiast drafts a book about her 13th year, blending mystical components with problems of ordinary life.

• No Vacancy

  Cohen, Tziporah, 1967-

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  Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure.

• Safiyyah's War

  Khan, Hiba Noor,

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  War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes for ever. When her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errand. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Letters From Cuba

  Behar, Ruth, 1956-

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  In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland.