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Historical Fiction

Interview—From the Journal

Anne Frank Before the Diary: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Alice Hoffman

Simona Zaret­sky
September 16, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
An Etrog from Across the Sea
Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky; Stacey Dressen McQueen, illus.
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Fic­tion
Don’t For­get to Write
Sara Good­man Confino
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Chil­dren’s
The Night War
Kim­ber­ly Brubak­er Bradley
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Fic­tion
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
Derek B. Miller
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Fic­tion
Street Cor­ner Dreams: A Novel
Flo­rence Kraut
Essay

“Hon­or Their Mem­o­ries”: Pre­serv­ing Facts Through Fiction

Hen­ry Rozycki
August 2, 2024
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Fic­tion
A Tale of One January
Albert Maltz
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Chil­dren’s
Five Sto­ries
Ellen Wein­stein
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Chil­dren’s
Rebec­ca­’s Prayer for Pres­i­dent Lincoln
Jane Yolen; Laura Barella, illus.
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Fic­tion
In That Sleep of Death
Jonathan Dun­sky
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Fic­tion
Fac­ing the Ene­my: How a Nazi Youth Camp in Amer­i­ca Test­ed a Friendship
Bar­bara Krasner
Essay

Hol­ly­wood, Hero­ines, and the Holocaust

Lisa Barr
May 27, 2024
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Fic­tion
The God­dess of Warsaw
Lisa Barr
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Fic­tion
In the Shad­ow of the Greenbrier
Emi­ly Matchar
Interview

Bring­ing the Kurc Fam­i­ly to the Screen: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Geor­gia Hunter

Simona Zaret­sky
April 21, 2024
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