Miriam Steinberg-egeth
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Review of What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice
What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice by Richard Michelson; illus. by Stacy InnerstPrimary, Intermediate Astra/Calkins Creek 48 pp.10/25 9781662680632 $18.99This picture-book biography follows Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) from his secular Jewish childhood in Kentucky with immigrant parents from Prague through his career as...
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Review of Under Anna’s Umbrella
Under Anna’s Umbrella by Amanda Driscoll; illus. by Luisa UribePrimary Rocky Pond/Penguin 32 pp.4/25 9780593618561 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593618578 $10.99After a funeral (for her father, the illustrations imply), Anna hides under a large umbrella everywhere she goes, creating a physical and emotional barrier between her and the world around her. “Under...
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Review of Right Back at You
Right Back at You by Carolyn MacklerIntermediate, Middle School Scholastic 240 pp.3/25 9781338734218 $17.99e-book ed. 9781338734249 $17.99Modern-day twelve-year-old Mason begins seeing a therapist to help him deal with the struggles of seventh grade. Things get worse after his father unexpectedly moves away and the tween starts being bullied at school...
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Review of When Tree Became a Tree
When Tree Became a Tree by Rob Hodgson; illus. by the authorPrimary Rise/Penguin Workshop 64 pp.3/25 9780593886694 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593890493 $11.99Hodgson’s friendly science lesson introduces readers to the life cycle of an apple tree. Tree’s story begins when an apple falls to the ground, eventually allowing Seed to take root...
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Review of The Keeper of Stories
The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard; illus. by Selina AlkoPrimary, Intermediate Simon 40 pp.2/25 9781665914970 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665914987 $10.99In 1966, a “trusted keeper [of stories]” (identified in the back matter as the library at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City) suffered a terrible fire, which destroyed...
Review of The Judgment of Yoyo Gold
The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum High School Philomel 304 pp. 10/24 9780593525852 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780593525876 $10.99 In this coming-of-age novel set in an insular Orthodox Jewish community (adjacent to the one in The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, rev. 11/22), Yocheved “Yoyo” Gold is the...
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Review of Golemcrafters
Golemcrafters by Emi Watanabe CohenMiddle School Levine/Levine Querido 264 pp.11/24 9781646142699 $18.99After Shiloh receives a box of clay as a bar mitzvah present, he and his younger sister, Faye, meet their estranged grandfather, who sent it, for the first time. The siblings learn that, on their father’s side, they are...
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Review of Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug
Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug by Sarah Aronson; illus. by Andrea D’AquinoPrimary Calkins/Astra 40 pp.10/24 9781635928075 $18.99e-book ed. 9781635928082 $11.99This picture-book biography follows Bella Abzug (1920–1998), “the first woman elected to Congress on a women’s rights platform,” from her childhood defying gender roles at home, in the streets, and in...
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Review of Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop
Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy Middle School Tegen/HarperCollins 256 pp.5/24 9780063248243 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063248267 $8.99Finn and Ezra, both thirteen, are destined to relive their bar mitzvah weekends, from Friday through Sunday afternoon, countless times. While their overlapping plights initially seem coincidental, as they progress...
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