Jewish Characters Books

From Shabbat dinners to Holocaust remembrance to contemporary suburban life — these books capture the range of Jewish experience for children and young adults.

210 books

Cover of I Am Anne Frank
Ordinary People Change the World #22
I Am Anne Frank
Brad Meltzer
Ages 3–7
Cover of Queen Esther Saves Her People
Queen Esther Saves Her People
Rita Golden Gelman
Ages 4–11
Cover of Dreams in the Golden Country The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
Dreams in the Golden Country The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
Kathryn Lasky
Ages 8–12
Cover of The Dyke and the Dybbuk
Dyke and the Dybbuk #1
The Dyke and the Dybbuk
Ellen Galford
Ages 14–18
Cover of Who Is Judy Blume?
Who Is/Was?
Who Is Judy Blume?
Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
Ages 7–11
Cover of Secret Agents of Honor Bold Spies of World War II
Secret Agents of Honor Bold Spies of World War II
Matthew K. Manning
Ages 4–11
Cover of Maus II: A Survivor's Tale And Here My Troubles Began
Maus #2
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale And Here My Troubles Began
Art Spiegelman
Ages 14–18
Cover of Malka
Malka
Mirjam Pressler
Ages 12–18
Cover of Penina Levine Is a Potato Pancake
Penina Levine Is a Potato Pancake
Rebecca O'Connell
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Berlin Boxing Club
The Berlin Boxing Club
Robert Sharenow
Ages 11–16
Cover of Hiding to Survive Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust
Hiding to Survive Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust
Maxine B. Rosenberg
Ages 4–11
Cover of On Passover
On Passover
Cathy Goldberg Fishman
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Vile Village
A Series of Unfortunate Events #7
The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket
Ages 10–14
Cover of When Solomon was King
When Solomon was King
Sheila MacGill-Callahan
Ages 4–11
Cover of Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath
Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath
Marilyn Hirsh
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir
The Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir
Yehuda Nir
Ages 9–13
Cover of The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
Chana Stiefel
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II
The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II
Michael Rosen
Ages 8–12
Cover of Stone Men
Stone Men
Nicki Weiss
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Bronze Bow
The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George Speare
Ages 12–18
Cover of The Fish of Small Wishes
The Fish of Small Wishes
The Fish of Small Wishes
Elana K. Arnold
Ages 4–11
Cover of Resistance
Resistance
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Ages 4–11
Cover of Penina Levine Is a Hard-boiled Egg
Penina Levine Is a Hard-boiled Egg
Rebecca O'Connell
Ages 4–11
Cover of The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
Thomas Harding
Ages 4–11