Allan Corduner
Author
Language
English
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Historical Fiction - YA
Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
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Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
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Formats
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
2) Magyk
Author
Series
Septimus Heap volume 1
Language
English
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Fantastical Fiction - MID
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Youth Books*
If You Like Wings of Fire, Read These!
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If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Youth Books*
If You Like Wings of Fire, Read These!
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Description
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Arthur's life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, but bizarre creatures from another realm are determined to take the key even if it means killing him.
4) Defiance
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occupying Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests to undertake the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of Polish Jews fleeing from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They...
5) Tár
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.