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    Eri­ca Lyons ; Bon­nie Pang , illus.
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    Mad­die Martinez
    Nonfiction
    How My Grand­fa­ther Stole a Shoe (and Sur­vived the Holo­caust in Ukraine)
    Julie Masis ; Felix Lem­ber­sky, illus.
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    Return to the Place I Nev­er Left
    Tobias Schiff ; Dani James , trans.
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    The Secret Recipe
    Ilan Sta­vans ; Taia Mor­ley , illus.
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    The Book of Lost Hours
    Hay­ley Gelfuso
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    Ilana Kur­shan
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    Amy Bloom
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    Peter Orner
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    Adam LeBor
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    Meg Waite Clayton
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    Gino Seg­rè
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    Baruch Novem­ber
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    Hap­py New Years
    Maya Arad ; Jes­si­ca Cohen , trans. 
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    Jack Eis­ner
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    Tim Brady
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    Esther Chehe­bar
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    Tehi­la Haki­mi ; Joan­na Chen , trans. 
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    Miri­am Lewin and Hora­cio Lutzky ; Frances Rid­dle , trans.
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    Nina Will­ner
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