Awards search:Best Fiction for Young Adults

Going Bicoastal

by Dahlia Adler
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
New York, Los Angeles, teens - teenagers, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, LGBTQ, summer, Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
7105
Status
Available
Call number
T F ADL

Yes No Maybe So

by Becky Albertalli
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
politics, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, teens - teenagers, romance, AR book - MG+, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6693
Status
Available
Call number
T F ALB

What If It's Us

by Becky Albertalli
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
teen - young adult, LGBTQ, dating, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
What If It’s Us (1)
Barcode
5713
Status
Available
Call number
T F ALB

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie Tie-in Edition)

by Jesse Andrews
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, humor, AR book - UG, Cybils Award, school, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teen - young adult, Betty's 100 Books
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4557
Status
Available
Call number
T F AND

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

The Boy Who Dared

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Nili's list, teen - young adult, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, tikkun olam - repairing the world, AR book - MG+, social activism, choosing between right and wrong, civil rights, historical fiction, achrayut - responsibility — 1 more, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1710
Status
Available
Call number
T F BAR

Two Suns in the Sky

by Miriam Bat-Ami
Paperback, 2001
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, dating, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - UG, honoring parents, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, historical fiction, Holocaust - refugees, interdating, Jewish-Christian relations, World War II - United States — 1 more, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1801
Status
Available
Call number
T F BAT

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

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
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

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

by Isaac Blum
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
Orthodox Judaism, multi-faith
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6978
Status
Available
Call number
T F BLU

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

Bluebird

by Sharon Cameron
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6851
Status
Available
Call number
T F CAM

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

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

Audacity

by Melanie Crowder
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
written in verse, feminism, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, labor unions, immigration and emigration, New York, National Jewish Book Award finalist, teen - young adult, ALA Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults, NYPL Best Book for Teens, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4066
Status
Available
Call number
T F CRO

Lost

by Jacqueline Davies
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, New York, mystery
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1505
Status
Available
Call number
T F DAV

Someday We Will Fly

by Rachel DeWoskin
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Shanghai, China, World War II
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6221
Status
Available
Call number
T F DEW

Color Me In

by Natasha Diaz
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, teen - young adult, prejudice, African-Americans, New York, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6240
Status
Available
Call number
T F DIA

Kindertransport

by Olga Levy Drucker
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - MG, Germany, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, children, Holocaust - Kindertransport, Holocaust - refugees
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1020
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.53 DRU

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

by Sid Fleischman
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Holocaust, seeking justice, fantasy, magic, supernatural, ghosts, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4162
Status
Available
Call number
T F FLE

Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini

by Sid Fleischman
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
perseverance, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, magic, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4097
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - hidden children
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
5107
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - hidden children
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
5108
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 1952
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1065
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1064
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

Threads and Flames

by Esther Friesner
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
aiding those in distress, Triangle Factory Fire, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+, courage - ometz lev, mensch - decent person, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, New York, labor unions, sisters — 2 more, factories, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4051
Status
Available
Call number
T F FRI

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

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

Once

by Morris Gleitzman
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
teen - young adult, Nili's list, Holocaust, AR book - MG+, books and reading, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, historical fiction, orphans
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Once (1)
Barcode
1552
Status
Available
Call number
T F GLE

Refugee

by Alan Gratz
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AR book - MG, Holocaust - refugees, immigration and emigration, Cuba, Syria, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5474
Status
Available
Call number
J F GRA

Prisoner B-3087

by Alan Gratz
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Holocaust, Cybils Award Finalist, AR book - MG+, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - survivors, Poland, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4121
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRU

Wolf by Wolf

by Ryan Graudin
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AR book - UG, teen - young adult, Holocaust, fantasy
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Wolf By Wolf (1)
Barcode
4385
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRA

For Those I Loved

by Martin Gray
Hardcover, 1972
Tags
Holocaust, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, children, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2979
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 GRA

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

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

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

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

They Went Left

by Monica Hesse
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AR book - UG, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Germany, teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6457
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Girl in the Blue Coat

by Monica Hesse
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Netherlands, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, mystery, prejudice, Amsterdam, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4590
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Incantation

by Alice Hoffman
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - MG+, Spain, Marranos, Inquisition, prejudice, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3492
Status
Available
Call number
T F HOF

Incantation

by Alice Hoffman
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - MG+, Spain, Marranos, Inquisition, prejudice, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1506
Status
Available
Call number
T F HOF

Torn Thread

by Anne Isaacs
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Holocaust, ghettos, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, historical fiction, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, sisters — 1 more, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3480
Status
Available
Call number
T F ISA

Torn Thread

by Anne Isaacs
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Holocaust, ghettos, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, historical fiction, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, sisters, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
780
Status
Available
Call number
T F ISA

Last Butterfly

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

Real Time

by Pnina Moed Kass
Paperback, 2006
Tags
teen - young adult, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, honoring elders, Arab-Jewish relations — 7 more, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Holocaust - survivors, Intifada, Arab-Israeli conflict, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Palestinians, Palestine
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1532
Status
Available
Call number
T F KAS

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

Mischling, second degree : My childhood in Nazi Germany

by Ilse Koehn
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Germany, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1017
Status
Available
Call number
T 943.004 KOE

Hanna and Walter: A Love Story

by Hanna Kohner
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, theatre - theater, California
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3012
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 KOH

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
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