Elissa Brent Weissman
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she feels burdened by an image that she no longer wants.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birth parents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way.
Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since...
Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since...
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2023
Formats
Description
In this delightfully upside-down holiday story, cousins debate who can celebrate the best Hanukkah from opposite sides of the globe. Eight chances to prove it—may the best cousin win!
"You'll have Hanukkah in summer? Talk about backwards."
"Your Hanukkah's in winter? You're missing out."
From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora decide to have a competition. Winter versus...
"You'll have Hanukkah in summer? Talk about backwards."
"Your Hanukkah's in winter? You're missing out."
From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora decide to have a competition. Winter versus...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Description
When Ash gets kicked off her school's news show, she becomes a renegade reporter—and makes a big discovery about technology and her fellow students' privacy.
Ash and her friends are reporters. They were ready to lead their school news show, The News at Nine, sponsored by Van Ness Media, when an unfortunate incident involving a dancing teacher, an irresponsibly reported story, and a viral video got them kicked off the crew. So Ash,...
Ash and her friends are reporters. They were ready to lead their school news show, The News at Nine, sponsored by Van Ness Media, when an unfortunate incident involving a dancing teacher, an irresponsibly reported story, and a viral video got them kicked off the crew. So Ash,...