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Historical Fiction

Essay

Here’s What I Know About the Real Frances Conway

With the recent release of her new nov­el, Enchant­ed Islands, Alli­son Amend is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil this week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series…
Alli­son Amend
July 25, 2016
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Chil­dren’s
My Aunt Manya
Jose Patterson
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Fic­tion
Lily of the Val­ley: An Amer­i­can Jew­ish Journey
Xianna Michaels
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Chil­dren’s
Sur­vivor: Aron’s Story
Alex Teplish
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Chil­dren’s
The Tree in the Court­yard: Look­ing Through Anne Frank’s Window
Jeff Gottesfeld; Peter McCarty, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Flames of the Tiger: Ger­many 1945
John Wilson
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Fic­tion
Enchant­ed Islands
Alli­son Amend
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Fic­tion
Mod­ern Girls
Jen­nifer S. Brown
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Fic­tion
Among the Living
Jonathan Rabb
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Fic­tion
Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly
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Fic­tion
Juden­staat
Simone Zelitch
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Fic­tion
Ter­ri­ble Virtue
Ellen Feld­man
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Fic­tion
The Ger­man Girl
Arman­do Lucas Correa
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Fic­tion
The Last Woman Standing
Thel­ma Adams
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Fic­tion
The Lega­cy of the Burn­ing Bush
Lar­ry S. Milner
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Fic­tion
As Close to Us as Breathing
Eliz­a­beth Poliner
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