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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Bubba Brayna makes the best latkes in the village, and on the first night of Hanukkah, the scent of her cooking wakes a hungry, adorable bear from his hibernation. He lumbers into town to investigate, and Bubba Brayna--who does not see or hear very well--mistakes him for her rabbi. She welcomes the bear inside to play the dreidel game, light the menorah, and enjoy a scrumptious meal. However, after her well-fed guest leaves, there's a knock at the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Series
Ring of Solomon volume 1
Pub. Date
c2023.
Description
When he purchases a mysterious ring at a flea market, Zach Darlington is granted strange powers that come in handy when scary creatures emerge from hiding, determined to fulfill a prophecy dooming all who walk the Earth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Before Simon sails to America, he promises his family that he will get a job and send for them. Simon's mother knows he will need a miracle, so she reminds him to celebrate Hanukkah wherever he may be. Little does either of them know that Simon will spend the first night of Hanukkah on an ice floe after his ship sinks.The lone survivor out in the wide ocean, Simon lights the first candle, and it attracts a visitor: a polar bear. Does she eat him?...
Author
Series
Anya volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Anya sets out to find her missing father but instead travels to Kiev, where she meets the tsar, dines with a rabbi, and rescues two brothers from a dangerous monster lurking beneath the city.
16) The map of stars
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Tess, Theo, and Jaime continue their investigation into the Old York Cipher while descovering plans for a mysterious invention.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Includes author's note which details the murder of over one million children by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.
20) Molly's pilgrim
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.