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    Historical Fiction

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    Fic­tion
    Riv­er
    Shi­ra Nayman
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    Fic­tion
    The Bomb Squad: Clash of the Patriots
    Neil Per­ry Gordon
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    Fic­tion
    Wolf: A Novel
    Alan A. Winter,Herbert J. Stern
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    Fic­tion
    The Queen of Tues­day: A Lucille Ball Story
    Darin Strauss
    Cover of Shadow of the Black Flame
    Fic­tion
    Shad­ow of the Black Flame
    Misha Sauce­da
    Cover of The Fabergé Secret
    Fic­tion
    The Fabergé Secret
    Charles Belfoure
    Cover of The Age of Light
    Fic­tion
    The Age of Light
    Whit­ney Scharer
    Cover of Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi
    Fic­tion
    Ariel Sam­son: Free­lance Rabbi
    MaN­ish­tana
    Essay

    ‘If the Muse comes call­ing’: Jane Yolen on Writing

    Jane Yolen
    July 22, 2019
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    Fic­tion
    In the Neigh­bor­hood of True
    Susan Kaplan Carlton
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Brave Princess and Me
    Kathy Kac­er
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    Chil­dren’s
    Sav­ing Han­no: The Sto­ry of a Refugee Dog
    Miriam Halahmy 
    Essay

    ‘Writ­ing Their Ways Toward Hope’: Sur­viv­ing World War II in Shanghai

    Rachel DeWoskin
    July 8, 2019
    Essay

    Part II: The Lega­cy Continues

    Nadine Epstein
    July 1, 2019
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    Chil­dren’s
    Pic­ture Girl
    Marlene Targ Brill; Michael Sayre, illus.
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    Guest­house for Gane­sha: A Novel
    Judith Teit­el­man
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