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    Historical Fiction

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    Nev­er Any­one But You: A Novel
    Rupert Thomson
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    Fic­tion
    The Girl from Berlin
    Ronald H. Balson
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Princess Dolls
    Ellen Schwartz; Mariko Ando, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Cage With­out Bars
    Anne Dublin
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Red Ribbon
    Lucy Adlington
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    Fic­tion
    The Room on Rue Amélie
    Kristin Harmel
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    Ben and the Bishop
    Judith Weinshall Liberman; Gail Davis, illus.
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    Fic­tion
    An After­life: A Novel
    Frances Bartkows­ki
    Cover of Come Back for Me: A Novel
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    Come Back for Me: A Novel
    Sharon Hart-Green
    Cover of Mari's Hope (Odin's Promise Trilogy)
    Chil­dren’s
    Mar­i’s Hope (Odin’s Promise Trilogy)
    Sandy Brehl
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Sound of Freedom
    Kathy Kac­er
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    Map­ping the Bones
    Jane Yolen
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    Search for the Shamir (Scar­lett and Sam)
    Eric A. Kimmel
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    Fic­tion
    Lil­li Chernofsky
    Nina Vida
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    Judg­ing Noa: A Fight for Wom­en’s Rights in the Tur­moil of the Exodus
    Michal Strutin
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    The Soul of a Thief
    Steven Har­tov
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