Middle East

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Cover: Beni's War
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Beni's War

It's Yom Kippur Eve in 1973, and twelve-year-old Beni thinks his biggest problem is settling in at his new school in the Golan, where his family moved at the end of the Six-Day War. But on… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Shoham's Bangle
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Shoham's Bangle

A Sydney Taylor Notable Book Winner of the Crystal Kite Award Tablet Magazine's Best Jewish Kids Books of the Year Shoham's bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks. Shoham wears a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Mountain Jews and the Mirror

Yosef and Estrella have spent their whole lives in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. When they move to the city, they face a strange, unfamiliar world. Will their love survive the surprises of their Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2015

Tisha B'Av: A Jerusalem Journey

Israeli kids and their aunt observe the holiday of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, by visiting an archaeological dig at the Temple Mount and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 700
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2017