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Historical Fiction

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The Diary of Ass­er Levy: First Jew­ish Cit­i­zen of New York
Daniela Weil
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Chil­dren’s
Vil­lage of Scoundrels
Mar­gi Preus
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Chil­dren’s
Beni’s War
Tam­mar Stein
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Chil­dren’s
Mau­rice and His Dictionary
Cary Fagan, Enzo Lord Mariano (illus.)
Cover of Rhapsody: A Novel
Fic­tion
Rhap­sody: A Novel
Mitchell James Kaplan
Cover of The Secret Stealers: A Novel
Fic­tion
The Secret Steal­ers: A Novel
Jane Healey
Cover of The Last Green Valley
Fic­tion
The Last Green Valley
Mark T. Sullivan
Cover of Window to Yesterday: The Torchbearer
Fic­tion
Win­dow to Yes­ter­day: The Torchbearer
Jeff D. Lefkowitz
Cover of Shloyml Boyml and His Lucky Dreydl
Fic­tion
Shloyml Boyml and His Lucky Dreydl
Yale Strom
Cover of The Takeaway Men: A Novel
Fic­tion
The Take­away Men: A Novel
Meryl Ain
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Fic­tion
Eter­nal
Lisa Scot­to­line
Cover of The Last Mona Lisa
Fic­tion
The Last Mona Lisa
Jonathan Sant­lofer
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Fic­tion
Spin: A Nov­el Based on a Most­ly True Story
Peter Zheut­lin
Cover of Gift of Diamonds: Transylvanian Trilogy #1
Fic­tion
Gift of Dia­monds: Tran­syl­van­ian Tril­o­gy #1
Rober­ta Seret
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Chil­dren’s
The Mys­te­ri­ous Mr. Men­sch: 3 Unfor­get­table Lessons in Ethics
David Michael Slater
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Fic­tion
The Best Assas­si­na­tion in the Nation
Joshua Cohen
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