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• My Last Innocent Year

  a Novel

  Alpert Florin, Daisy,

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  A young woman with working class roots wrestles with her self-worth during an affair with one of her professors. Set in the tumultuous '90s, this coming-of-age story ponders the balance between honoring your history and claiming yourself.

• The Magical Imperfect

  Baron, Chris (Christopher Leigh),

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  A historical novel about two lonely outcasts, one Jewish-American and the other Filipina-American, who form a friendship. They help each other through worries, school, and family troubles - even a natural disaster.

• Tía Fortuna's New Home

  Behar, Ruth, 1956-

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  Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.

• The Judgment of Yoyo Gold

  Blum, Isaac,

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  Yoyo Gold is a good Orthodox Jewish girl. She keeps kosher, takes care of her siblings and volunteers. But when her best friend is cast out of the community, Yoyo's it changes her. Yoyo discovers more about herself and the role she wants…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Tribes

  Bowen Cohen, Emily,

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  Feeling torn between the heritage of her Jewish mother and Muscogee father, Mia seeks to find a way to blend her two tribes and find her place in her family.

• Funny, You Don't Look Funny

  Judaism and Humor From the Silent Generation to Millennials

  Caplan, Jennifer,

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  Jennifer Caplan analyzes the connections between the evolution of Jewish American identity and the use of humor as a cultural touchstone.

• A Place at the Table

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.

• Morningside Heights

  Henkin, Joshua,

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  The Robin family is thrown into disarray when their brilliant father and husband is afflicted with early onset Alzheimer's. As the disease progresses, readers explore the past, and delve into the Jewish cultural backgrounds of each family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

  Kapit, Sarah,

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  Vivy is determined to pitch for a real baseball team and does! Vivy's mom is worried about her being the only girl and autistic kid on the team. When an accident benches her, she has to fight to stay on the team.

• Flying Couch

  a Graphic Memoir

  Kurzweil, Amy,

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  Amy weaves her own coming–of–age as a young Jewish artist into the story of her mother, a psychologist, and her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile.

• Yossel's Journey

  Lasky, Kathryn,

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  Fleeing anti-Semitism in Russia, Yossel's family moves to the American Southwest where Yossel forges a friendship with Thomas, a Navajo boy living on the nearby reservation.

• The Key From Spain

  Flory Jagoda and Her Music

  Levy, Debbie,

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  Forced to leave Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, Flory's ancestors take only the key to their old house and the Ladino language. When Flory flees Europe during World War II, she carries Ladino, a harmoniku and her music. But what of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk

  Lowe, Mari,

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  A compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and a girl who somehow manages to connect everything.

• Recipe for Disaster

  Lucido, Aimee,

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  Food, family, friendships and Jewish identity are the focus of this moving coming-of-age story.

• Brave Girl

  Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

  Markel, Michelle

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  Appalled by the working conditions of New York's garment district, Clara Lemlich played an important role in the 1909 women laborer's strike and later helped organize a massive walkout to protest the unfair conditions.

• The Polio Pioneer

  Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

  Marshall, Linda Elovitz,

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  A biography that sheds light on Dr. Salk's groundbreaking journey and the importance of vaccination.

• Magical Meet Cute

  Meltzer, Jean,

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  After being devastated by anti-Semitic flyers, Faye drunkenly creates a clay golem to protect both and her and the larger community. When the perfect man shows up, it's just coincidence that he resembles her golem, right?

• Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf

  Moulton, Deke,

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  Benji is Jewish and a werewolf. He keeps it a secret from the community. But when his former best friend shows up at his house as a werewolf too, Benji has to help him. Jewish traditions and werewolf mythology blend together for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jewish Deli

  An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food

  Nadler, Ben,

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  This is a graphic history of the Jewish delicatessen, complete with stories of what might be found behind the counter and profiles of modern delis across the world.

• Once More With Chutzpah

  Neil, Haley,

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  On a student exchange trip to Israel Tally grapples with her sexual identity and place within her Jewish American community.