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Eight Crazy YA Reads to Light Up Your Hanukkah

Throw these books on your TBR list, they are sure to delight! Most titles available in print, e-audio, and e-book.

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  • It's a Whole Spiel

    Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

    A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend's family over Shabbat dinner. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course…
    Book, 2019New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] — YA
  • When high school senior Tally and her twin brother Max head off on an exchange trip to Israel over their winter break, Tally thinks it will be a good distraction for Max; he might be trying to hide it, but she knows he's still struggling in the wake…
    eAudiobook, 2022Dreamscape Media, 2022
  • Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her…
    Book, 2019New York : Delacorte Press, [2019] — PZ7.1.D499 Col 2019
  • Isabel has one rule: no dating. It’s easier— It’s safer— It’s better— —for the other person. She’s got issues. She’s got secrets. She’s got rheumatoid arthritis. But then she meets another sick kid. He’s got a chronic illness Isabel’s never heard…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2019. — PZ7.M84947
  • Lifelong rivals Natalie and Reid have never been on the same team. So when their school’s art budget faces cutbacks, of course Natalie finds herself up against her nemesis once more. She’s fighting to direct the school’s first ever student-written…
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. — YA
  • Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape. When her boss announces a holiday bonus to…
    eAudiobook, 2021Tantor Media, Inc., 2021
  • hicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter’s best…
    eBook, 2021Inkyard Press, 2021
  • Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's where he met his best friends. It's where he takes to the stage in the big musical. And it's where he fell for Hudson Aaronson-Lim—who's only…
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — YA