Jane Yolen
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Sammy Greenberg would rather talk back to The Boyz—a gang of bullies at his school—and get his head stuck in the toilet than constantly be afraid. But when his friend Skink gets beaten up so badly that he has to go to the hospital, Sammy thinks he may be in over his head. He decides to build a golem—a mythical protector from Jewish folklore, made of clay and animated by the ineffable name of God. But this monster doesn't...
24) Stone Angel
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Nazis may have taken their home, but the family still has a guardian angel
In this emotionally rich story, a little girl and her family live happily in Paris until Nazi soldiers arrive druing World War II. She and her family must flee or risk being sent to a concentration camp, so they run into the woods, where they meet resistance fighters. But they're still not safe. They must cross tall mountains and sail in a rickety boat...
In this emotionally rich story, a little girl and her family live happily in Paris until Nazi soldiers arrive druing World War II. She and her family must flee or risk being sent to a concentration camp, so they run into the woods, where they meet resistance fighters. But they're still not safe. They must cross tall mountains and sail in a rickety boat...
29) Waking dragons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the morning, dragons wake up, tumble out of bed, and get ready to fly into the sky.
33) Off we go!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
One by one, baby woodland creatures leave home and sing their way to visit grandma.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is the waning days of the Russian monarchy. A reckless man rules the land and his dragons rule the sky. Though the Tsar aims his dragons at his enemies-- Jews and Bolsheviks-- his entire country is catching fire. Conspiracies suffuse the royal court: bureaucrats jostle one another for power, the mad monk Rasputin schemes for the Tsar's ear, and the desperate queen takes drastic measures to protect her family."--
36) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Yolen's graceful retelling of the German folktale of Briar Rose - known to some as Sleeping Beauty - sets the story amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. Yolen confronts the deeply tragic events of the Holocaust with lyrical prose and rich characterizations that tell a tale of good and evil, hope and despair."--Back cover.
40) Rocking the tide
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guitar-playing fish and his friends in a band called the Fry are eager to perform in a school concert but they all have the jitters, afraid something will go wrong.