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Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. "--Provided by publisher.

A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can't always get out of bed in the morning. As tensions...

Shira dreams of a life onstage, and twin sister Esther wants to devote her life to God, so they decide to switch places to pursue their dreams--butt the two discover they need to work together to accomplish their goals and bring their families and community together.

When Danielle Marton's father is killed during the early days of the German Occupation, her mother sends her to live in a quiet farming town near Limoges in Vichy France. Now called Marie-Jeanne Chantier, Danielle struggles to balance the truth of what's happened to her family and her country with the lies she must tell to keep herself safe. At first, she's bitter about being left behind by her mother, and horrified at having to milk the cow and memorize...

"A powerful retelling of the biblical story of Esther set during WWII: Blond and blue-eyed Jewess Hadassah Benjamin must save her people--even if she cannot save herself"--

Mirka is back, and this time she takes on a misguided meteor who's been set in motion by the troll and turned into Mirka's twin by the witch. Doppelganger Mirka is out to best the real girl. Our heroine will have to beat her own other self in a three-park challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!

Anne Frank's life in Amsterdam was happy and full of friends. As the Nazis gained power during WWII, Anne's family and friends, like other Jews, faced harsh new rules, curfews, arrest, and worse. When the danger struck close to home, the Franks went into hiding in the secret annex....and the 13 year old Anne's life changed forever. Presents a biography of Anne Frank, and includes over one hundred photographs and artifacts of her life, her family,...

Dutch Jew Edith Velmans recounts her experiences during World War II, focusing on the time she spent in hiding with a Dutch family.

A young Jewish girl is saved by Belgian nuns after a bomb kills her grandmother. Then the miracles begin in this town haunted by memories of the past.

When her fiance breaks his back in a swimming accident, Josie Davidovich is advised by her father, a doctor, to end the engagement because there is no point in becoming tied to a cripple. But Josie goes through with the wedding, they write a book on the tragedy, which becomes the basis of a movie, and they end up rich and famous.