Awards search:Best Fiction for Young Adults

My Name is Asher Lev

by Chaim Potok
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New York Times Bestseller, One Book One Congregation selection, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, artists, family, men, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Asher Lev (1)
Barcode
1346
Status
Available
Call number
T F POT

My Name Is Asher Lev

by Chaim Potok
Hardcover, 1972
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New York Times Bestseller, One Book One Congregation selection, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, artists, family, men, teen - young adult
Collection
Adult Fiction
Series
Asher Lev (1)
Barcode
6095
Status
Available
Call number
F POT

The Chosen

by Chaim Potok
Paperback, 1968
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, New York Times Bestseller, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah — 6 more, wisdom - study - learning, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Hasidim - Hasidism, Brooklyn, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
The Chosen (1)
Barcode
1344
Status
Available
Call number
T F POT

The Chosen

by Chaim Potok
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, New York Times Bestseller, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah — 6 more, wisdom - study - learning, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Hasidim - Hasidism, Brooklyn, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
The Chosen (1)
Barcode
1781
Status
Available
Call number
T F POT

The Promise

by Chaim Potok
Hardcover, 1969
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New York Times Bestseller, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, rabbis, Brooklyn, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
The Chosen (2)
Barcode
1345
Status
Available
Call number
T F POT

Daniel Half Human

by David Chotjewitz
Paperback, 2006
Tags
URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Batchelder Honor Book (ALA), National Jewish Book Award finalist, Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - MG+, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, humiliation, anti-Semitism — 6 more, family, Germany, school, World War II, bullies and bullying, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3270
Status
Available
Call number
T F CHO

Anne Frank Remembered

by Miep Gies
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1045
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

Dave at Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Paperback, 2001
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, AR book - MG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, African-Americans, Americanization, artists, historical fiction — 4 more, New York, orphans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1728
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

Dave At Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, AR book - MG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, African-Americans, Americanization, artists, historical fiction — 4 more, New York, orphans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6329
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust (Fairy Tales)

by Jane Yolen
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, folklore - folktales - legends, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6219
Status
Available
Call number
T F YOL

I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust

by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps, Hungary, women, teen - young adult, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6009
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 BIT

I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust

by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps, Hungary, women, teen - young adult, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6063
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 BIT

I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust

by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps, Hungary, women, teen - young adult, AR book - UG
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6084
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 BIT

Summer of my German soldier

by Bette Greene
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Notable Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, family, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, United States - South — 5 more, parents, World War II, Arkansas, prejudice, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Summer of My German Soldier (1)
Barcode
1260
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRE

Summer Of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Notable Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, family, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, parents — 4 more, World War II, Arkansas, prejudice, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Summer of My German Soldier (1)
Barcode
3256
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRE

Milkweed

by Jerry Spinelli
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Golden Kite Award, National Jewish Book Award finalist, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, Holocaust - Poland — 7 more, homeless, Poland, orphans, World War II, historical fiction, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3498
Status
Available
Call number
T F SPI

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Holocaust - Germany, ages 9-12, AR book - MG
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6007
Status
Available
Call number
J 943.086 BAR

Waiting for Anya

by Michael Morpurgo
Paperback, 1997
Tags
URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, teen - young adult, AR book - UG, France, World War II
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3269
Status
Available
Call number
T F MOR

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

by Irene Opdyke
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Poland, Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs — 3 more, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1893
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 OPD

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

by Irene Gut Opdyke
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Poland, Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs — 3 more, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4888
Status
Available
Call number
940.531 OPD

Gentlehands

by M. E. Kerr
Paperback, 1990
Tags
New York Times Outstanding Children's Book, School Library Journal Best Book, ALA "Best of the Best" for Young Adults, Christopher Award, AR book - UG, grandparents, Germany, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1444
Status
Available
Call number
T F KER

Allegra Maud Goldman

by Edith Konecky
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
women, Brooklyn, family, humor, New York, feminism
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2842
Status
Available
Call number
F KON

Darkness over Denmark: The Danish resistance and the rescue of the Jews

by Ellen Levine
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Holocaust, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Denmark, Denmark, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, persecution
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3485
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.5318 LEV

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems From Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Hana Volavkova
Hardcover, 1964
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, art, artists, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia — 1 more, poetry
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1114
Status
Available
Call number
T 741.943 VOL

I never saw another butterfly : children's drawings and poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Hana Volavková
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, art, artists, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia — 2 more, poetry, Terezin
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1115
Status
Available
Call number
T 741.943 VOL

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from the Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Hana Volavkova
Hardcover, 1962
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, art, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, poetry — 2 more, Prague, Terezin
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3255
Status
Available
Call number
741.9437 VOL

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from the Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Hana Volavkova Editor
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, art, artists, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia — 2 more, poetry, Terezin
Collections
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5), Federation Collection
Barcode
4985
Status
Available
Call number
J 741.9437 VOL

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from the Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Hana Volavkova Editor
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, art, artists, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia — 2 more, poetry, Terezin
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5670
Status
Available
Call number
J 741.9437 VOL

Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance

by Ruud van der Rol
Hardcover, 1993
Collections
Teen Biography (grades 6-12), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5923
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary : A Photographic Remembrance

by Ruud van der Rol
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, AR book - UG, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1044
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

Anne Frank

by Ruud van der Rol
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Anne Frank, Holocaust, Amsterdam, Netherlands, biography, women, Holocaust - hidden children, teen - young adult, ages 9-12
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4288
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRA

We are Witnesses : Five Diaries of Teenagers who Died in the Holocaust

by Jacob Boas
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - UG, Eastern Europe, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
813
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 BOA

Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood

by Binjamin Wilkomirski
Paperback, 1996
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, children
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2103
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 WIL

Last Butterfly

by Michael Jacot
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
Holocaust
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
3394
Status
Available
Call number
F JAC

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (National Book Award Finalist)

by Anita Lobel
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, Holocaust, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, brothers, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - refugees, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland — 4 more, Poland, parents, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1489
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 LOB

Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust

by Barbara Rogasky
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, anti-Semitism, genocide, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1113
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 ROG

Habibi

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judy Lopez Memorial Award, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, Arab-Jewish relations, family, immigration and emigration, Jerusalem, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1108
Status
Available
Call number
T F NYE

Habibi

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judy Lopez Memorial Award, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, Arab-Jewish relations, family, immigration and emigration, Jerusalem, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1132
Status
Available
Call number
T F NYE

Escape from Egypt

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, Egypt, Exodus
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1736
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

Voyage

by Adèle Geras
Paper Book, 1983
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - MG, travel, immigration and emigration, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1150
Status
Available
Call number
T F GER

Tunes for Bears to Dance to

by Robert Cormier
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver, AR book - UG, avoiding temptation, caring for the dead, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, anti-Semitism, brothers, family, prejudice — 3 more, artists, Holocaust - survivors, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
917
Status
Available
Call number
T F COR

Yossel April 19, 1943

by Joe Kubert
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, historical fiction, courage - ometz lev, AR book - UG, graphic novel, ghettos, Holocaust - Poland, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4215
Status
Available
Call number
T F KUB

Babi Yar

by Anatoly Kuznetsov
Paperback, 1971
Tags
Ukraine, Holocaust, World War II, teen - young adult
Collections
Adult Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4914
Status
Available
Call number
F KUZ

"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II

by Studs Terkel
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Pulitzer Prize, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2692
Status
Available
Call number
940.548 TER

Child of the Holocaust

by Jack Kuper
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1458
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 KUP

Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
831
Status
Available
Call number
J F HES

Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
946
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
teen - young adult, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, National Jewish Book Award, AR book - UG, Germany, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, persecution
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1058
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 MEL

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Holocaust, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mensch - decent person, AR book - UG — 12 more, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, feeding the hungry, honoring parents, wisdom - study - learning, books and reading, death, Germany, World War II, historical fiction, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1802
Status
Available
Call number
T F ZUS

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Holocaust, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mensch - decent person, AR book - UG — 12 more, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, feeding the hungry, honoring parents, wisdom - study - learning, books and reading, death, Germany, World War II, historical fiction, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3422
Status
Available
Call number
T F ZUS
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