Almost autumn by Kaurin, Marianne 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2017)

BTSB #: P03606 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Jews - Norway - Oslo - Fiction Antisemitism - Fiction Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Norway - Oslo - Fiction Norway - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction Oslo (Norway) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: As autumn approaches Ilse Stern is thinking about her infatuation with Hermann Rod, and whether his determination to be a painter will interfere with their romance--but the reality of being Jewish in occupied Oslo is about to turn her whole world upside down, as the deportation of the Norwegian Jews begins.

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Lowe, Mari 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2022)

BTSB #: 588980 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Jews - Fiction Ghosts - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Community life - Fiction Antisemitism - Fiction

Summary: Since the "accident" that took her father's life, Aviva has lived with her emotionally distressed mother in a tiny apartment above the mikvah that serves the women of their Orthodox Jewish community. As problems with other girls at school arise, the dybbuk, a ghostly boy who makes himself visible only to Aviva, appears and does his best to cause trouble. The dybbuk's antics start to get worse and worse as her town experiences a frightening escalation of anti-Semitic violence and vandalism.

Life and crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Blum, Isaac 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 128731 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Jews - Fiction Antisemitism - Fiction Multiculturalism - Fiction Love - Fiction Conflict management - Fiction Large print books

Summary: As his community turns against him for siding with the mayor who wants to push their community out, Orthodox Jew Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love, the mayor's daughter, and the only world he's ever known. Large print hardcover format.

Life and crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Blum, Isaac 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2022)

BTSB #: 128741 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
Lexile: 760

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Jews - Fiction Antisemitism - Fiction Multiculturalism - Fiction Love - Fiction Conflict management - Fiction

Summary: As his community turns against him for siding with the mayor who wants to push their community out, Orthodox Jew Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love, the mayor's daughter, and the only world he's ever known.

Red and green and blue and white by Wind, Lee 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 955997 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.6 LG

Genres: Holidays Multicultural

Subjects: Antisemitism - Fiction Hate crimes - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Hanukkah - Fiction Christmas - Fiction

Summary: On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support for her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.