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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age eight, Mikha'el knows he is different from other boys, but over the course of three years as he helps his parents care for his elderly grandfather in Jerusalem, Grandpa teaches Mikha'el to use the gift they share of making other people's dreams sweeter.
5) Habibi
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A girl and her mother walk in a forest, growing in their appreciation of nature and of each other, especially as they gaze into a still pond. Includes note about Haim Nachman Bialik, on whose poem, "The Pond," the story is based.
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging."--
11) Duel: a mystery
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In Jerusalem, when elderly Mr. Rosenthal receives a threatening letter accusing him of stealing a painting and challenging him to a duel, twelve-year-old David needs to find who really stole it before someone gets hurt.
12) Rebel daughter
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the years preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, young Esther's greatest worry is that she will be forced to marry against her will but soon, she faces famine, seige, and slavery."--
13) Shoshi's Shabbat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bringing to life a tale drawn from the ancient Jewish stories known as the Midrash, this gentle picture book, set in Jerusalem long ago, follows Shoshi the ox as she shows her new owner the importance of a day of rest"--
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