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Items with the category:

Historical Fiction

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Chil­dren’s
Escape From Bel­gium: A Father and Son’s Sto­ry of Survival
Esther Heller and Renee Worch
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Chil­dren’s
Escape From Syr­ia: A Jew­ish Boy’s Sto­ry of Survival
Shira Yehudit Djalilmand
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Fic­tion
The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives: A Novel
Tim Dar­cy Ellis
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Fic­tion
The Poet­ry of Secrets
Cam­bria Gordon
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Fic­tion
The Hid­den Palace
Helene Weck­er
Essay

On Fairy Tale Retellings

Ava Reid
May 31, 2021
Excerpt

Excerpt: ​‘The Hid­den Palace’ Part II

Helene Weck­er
May 28, 2021
Excerpt

Excerpt: ​‘The Hid­den Palace’ Part I

Helene Weck­er
May 24, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Slaugh­ter­man’s Daughter
Yaniv Iczkovits
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Fic­tion
Jacobo’s Rain­bow
David Hir­sh­berg
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Fic­tion
The Maps of Mem­o­ry: Return to But­ter­fly Hill
Marjorie Agosín, Lee White (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
The Light of the Mid­night Stars
Rena Ross­ner
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Fic­tion
The Pas­sen­ger
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, Philip Boehm (translator)
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Fic­tion
The Sum­mer We Found the Baby
Amy Hest
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Fic­tion
A Land Like You
Tobie Nathan; Joyce Zonana, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Plum Trees
Vic­to­ria Shorr
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