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    Items with the tag:

    middle grade nonfiction

    Cover of Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media
    Non­fic­tion
    Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media
    Mark Kurlansky; Eric Zelz, illus.
    Cover of The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
    Non­fic­tion
    The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
    Maris­sa Moss
    Cover of "Nice" Jewish Girls
    Non­fic­tion
    “Nice” Jew­ish Girls
    Julia Merberg; Georgia Rucker, illus.
    Cover of Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
    Fic­tion
    Just a Girl: A True Sto­ry of World War II
    Lia Levi; Jess Mason, illus.; Sylvia Notini, trans. 
    Cover of The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    Non­fic­tion
    The Genius Under the Table: Grow­ing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    Eugene Yelchin
    Cover of Albert Einstein: Genius of Space and Time! (Show Me History!)
    Non­fic­tion
    Albert Ein­stein: Genius of Space and Time! (Show Me History!)
    Mark Shulman, Kelly Tindall (Illustrator)
    Essay

    When Words Are Not Enough

    Joshua M. Greene
    January 10, 2022
    Cover of RBG's Brave & Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone
    Chil­dren’s
    RBG’s Brave & Bril­liant Women: 33 Jew­ish Women to Inspire Everyone
    Nadine Epstein
    Cover of The Shelter and the Fence: When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America
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    The Shel­ter and the Fence: When 982 Holo­caust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America
    Norman H. Finkelstein
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    Non­fic­tion
    Natan Sha­ran­sky: Free­dom Fight­er for Sovi­et Jews
    Blake Hoena, Daniele Dickmann (Ilustrator)
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    Doña Gra­ci­a’s Secret: The Adven­tures of an Extra­or­di­nary Jew­ish Woman in the Renaissance
    Mar­i­lyn Froggatt
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    What Does the Con­sti­tu­tion Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democ­ra­cy Works
    Ben Shee­han
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    My Sur­vival: A Girl on Schindler’s List
    Rina Finder, with Joshua M. Greene
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    Becom­ing RBG: Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg’s Jour­ney to Justice
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