Awards search:Best Fiction for Young Adults

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

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Pulitzer Prize, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1)
Barcode
1163
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

Silver Days

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Holocaust, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism — 6 more, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, New York, United States - West, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Platt family - Sonia Levitin (2)
Barcode
1761
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

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

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

Drummers of Jericho

by Carolyn Meyer
Paperback, 1995
Tags
teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 5, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - MG, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, prejudice
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1410
Status
Available
Call number
T F MEY

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

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

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

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Pulitzer Prize, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1)
Barcode
1168
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, American Book Award, New York Times Best Book of the Year, Pulitzer Prize, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (2)
Barcode
1167
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Pulitzer Prize, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1)
Barcode
1166
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, American Book Award, New York Times Best Book of the Year, Pulitzer Prize, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (2)
Barcode
1165
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, American Book Award, New York Times Best Book of the Year, Pulitzer Prize, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Holocaust - survivors, graphic novel format
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (2)
Barcode
1164
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 SPI

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

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

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

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 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

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

Bearing Witness : Stories of the Holocaust

by Hazel Rochman
Paper Book, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - MG+, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1091
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 ROC

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

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

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

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

The Return

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 1988
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, URJ Library List, AR book - UG, perseverance, brothers, Ethiopian Jews, Israel - immigration and emigration, sisters, prejudice — 2 more, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1023
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

When I Was a Soldier

by Valerie Zenatti
Paperback, 2007
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Israel, Israel - military, AR book - UG, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1554
Status
Available
Call number
T 956.94 ZEN

The Man from the Other Side

by Uri Orlev
Paperback, 1995
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, Warsaw, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Israeli writer
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
T F ORL

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

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

When the Angels Left the Old Country

by Sacha Lamb
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
supernatural, immigration and emigration, teen - young adult, LGBTQ
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6963
Status
Available
Call number
T F LAM

The City Beautiful

by Aden Polydoros
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Chicago, supernatural, crime and criminals, teen - young adult, historical fiction, fantasy, LGBTQ
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6788
Status
Available
Call number
T F POL

Birdland

by Tracy Mack
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, tikkun olam - repairing the world, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, social activism, aiding those in distress — 15 more, brothers, death, family, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, homeless, New York, mothers, grief and mourning, music, parents, poetry, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1408
Status
Available
Call number
T F MAC

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

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

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

Gideon's People

by Carolyn Meyer
Paperback, 1996
Tags
teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, bringing peace between people, family, farms and farming, fathers, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim — 3 more, historical fiction, interfaith relations, peace - shalom
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1724
Status
Available
Call number
T F MEY

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

It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

by Katherine Locke Editor
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
short stories, teen - young adult, teens - teenagers, summer camp, Shabbat - Sabbath, LGBTQ
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6192
Status
Available
Call number
T F LOC

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

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

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 Berlin Boxing Club

by Robert Sharenow
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Nili's list, Holocaust, Berlin, Germany, AR book - MG+, perseverance, strength - koach, spirit - ruach, athletes, teen - young adult — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1405
Status
Available
Call number
T F SHA

Light Years

by Tammar Stein
Paperback, 2008
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, teen - young adult, Israel, Israel - military, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, AR book - UG, taking care of one's body, dating, death, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim — 2 more, Arab-Israeli conflict, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1691
Status
Available
Call number
T F STE

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

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

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
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