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    Historical Fiction

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    The Phoenix Bride
    Natasha Siegel
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    Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Fic­tion: Tri­umph and Tragedy

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    Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Oper­a­tion Kinderspion) 
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    Fic­tion
    The Winthrop Agreement
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    The Boy with the Star Tattoo
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    Talia Carn­er
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    We Must Not Think of Our­selves: A Novel
    Lau­ren Grodstein
    Cover of Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis
    Chil­dren’s
    Har­bor­ing Hope: The True Sto­ry of How Hen­ny Sind­ing Helped Den­mark’s Jews Escape the Nazis
    Susan Hood
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    Hotel Cuba
    Aaron Ham­burg­er
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    Our Philoso­pher
    Gert Hof­mann
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    The Inside Name
    Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus.
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    The Gold­en Doves
    Martha Hall Kelly
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    The Glass Chateau
    Stephen Kier­nan
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