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    Historical Fiction

    Cover of The Strange Beautiful
    Fic­tion
    The Strange Beautiful
    Car­la Crujido
    Cover of South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain
    Fic­tion
    South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jew­ish Expul­sion from Spain
    Eric Z. Weintraub
    Cover of Max's War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy
    Fic­tion
    Max’s War: The Sto­ry of a Ritchie Boy
    Lib­by Fis­ch­er Hellmann
    Cover of Tatae's Promise
    Fic­tion
    Tatae’s Promise
    Moi­ses J. Goldman
    Sher­ry Maysonave
    Cover of Napoleon's Mirage
    Fic­tion
    Napoleon’s Mirage
    Michelle Cameron
    Cover of The Council of Wise Women
    Fic­tion
    The Coun­cil of Wise Women
    Izzy Abrahm­son
    Cover of Our Little Histories
    Fic­tion
    Our Lit­tle Histories
    Jan­ice Weizman
    Cover of Ravage & Son
    Fic­tion
    Rav­age & Son
    Jerome Charyn
    Cover of Finding Home: (Hungary, 1945)
    Fic­tion
    Find­ing Home: (Hun­gary, 1945)
    Dean Cycon
    Cover of At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf: A Novel
    Tara Ison
    Cover of Rivka's Presents
    Chil­dren’s
    Rivka’s Presents
    Laurie Wallmark; Adelina Lirius, illus.
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    Mar­ry Me By Midnight
    Feli­cia Grossman
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    Chil­dren’s
    Black Bird, Blue Road
    Sofiya Paster­nack
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    Chil­dren’s
    Luis de Tor­res Sails to Freedom
    Tami Lehman-Wilzig; Oliver Averill, illus.
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    Fic­tion
    Berlin­ers
    Ves­per Stamper
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    Fic­tion
    A Cas­tle in Brooklyn
    Shirley Rus­sak Wachtel
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