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The But­ton Box
Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams
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Flight: A Nov­el of a Dar­ing Escape Dur­ing World War II
Vanessa Harbour
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Lessons in Fusion
Primrose Madayag Knazan
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When Light­nin’ Struck
Betsy R. Rosenthal
Essay

Lit­tle Nods and Food for Thought: Inte­grat­ing Jew­ish Char­ac­ters and Judaism into Mid­dle Grade Novels

A. J. Sass
March 22, 2022
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Linked
Gordon Korman
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Eddie What­ev­er
Lois Ruby
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The Rene­gade Reporters
Elis­sa Brent Weissman
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Res­cue
Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Under the Iron Bridge
Kathy Kac­er
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Upstaged
Diana Harmon Asher
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In a Latke Trouble
Dori Weinstein
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Lisa of Willes­den Lane: A True Sto­ry of Music and Sur­vival Dur­ing World War II 
Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, Sarah J. Robbins (Adapter),Olga and Aleksey Ivanov (Illustrator)
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Shield of the Mac­cabees: A Hanukkah Graph­ic Novel
Eric A. Kimmel, Dov Smiley (Illustrator)
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Syd­ney A. Frankel’s Sum­mer Mix-up
Danielle Joseph
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The $150,000 Rugelach
Allison and Wayne Marks, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
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