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Middle Grade

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Chil­dren’s
Keep­ing My Hope
Christopher Huh
Essay

The Lega­cy of Robert Kim­mel Smith

by Dina Wein­stein Forty years ago in books and in groups, women were doc­u­ment­ing, prod­ding, and exam­in­ing their world, their sta­tus, and their lot as they entered the…
Dina Wein­stein
November 14, 2013
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Chil­dren’s
Mira’s Diary: Home Sweet Rome
Maris­sa Moss
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Chil­dren’s
Liba’s Let­ters
Miriam Walfish; DreaMaker Studio, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Liba’s Palace
Miriam Walfish; DreaMaker Studio, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Her Moth­er’s Secret
Barbara Garland Polikoff
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Chil­dren’s
Jean Laf­fite: The Pirate Who Saved America
Susan Goldman Rubin; Jeff Himmelman, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Ire­na’s Jars of Secrets
Marcia Vaughan; Ron Mazellan, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Storky: How I Lost My Nick­name and Won the Girl
D. L. Garfinkle
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Chil­dren’s
A Promise Ful­filled: Theodor Her­zl, Chaim Weiz­mann, David Ben-Guri­on and the Cre­ation of the State of Israel
Howard Greenfeld
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Chil­dren’s
Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swal­low Sto­ries from Fifth Grade
Esmé Raji Codell; LeUyen Pham, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
You Are So Not Invit­ed to My Bat Mitzvah
Fiona Rosenbloom
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Chil­dren’s
Lib­er­ty on 23rd Street
Jacqueline B. Glasthal; Alan Reingold, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Mira’s Diary: Lost in Paris
Maris­sa Moss
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Chil­dren’s
The Stranger With­in Sarah Stein
Thane Rosen­baum
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Chil­dren’s
It’s Hot and Cold in Miami
Nicole Rubel
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