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Teen Books for Jewish American Heritage Month

Browse a selection of teen books for Jewish American Heritage Month.

San Mateo County Libraries

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  • In this gripping and thought-provoking dystopian novel, humanity has conquered death, and Scythes are tasked with population control through sanctioned killings, called “gleanings”. Teenagers Citra and Rowan are chosen as apprentices to a Scythe,…
    Book, 2016New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] — YA-SHU
  • In Going Bicoastal, Natalya Fox faces a life-changing decision: spend the summer in New York City with her dad and finally pursue the girl she’s been crushing on, or head to Los Angeles to reconnect with her estranged mom—and possibly fall for a boy…
    Book, 2023New York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA-ADLER, D
  • The Blood Years tells the harrowing story of Frederieke “Rieke” Teitler, a Jewish teenager coming of age in Czernowitz, Romania, during the Holocaust. As antisemitism intensifies and war engulfs Europe, Rieke’s once-stable world begins to unravel.…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA-ARNOLD, E
  • In Night Owls, twin sisters Clara and Molly Sender are estries—owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish folklore—who have survived over a century by following strict rules: run their Yiddish theater by day, feed in secret by night and never fall in…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — YA VISHN
  • An angel and a demon leave their tiny Eastern European shtetl to search for a missing girl named Essie who emigrated to America. Along the way, they encounter Rose, a queer Jewish girl with her own reasons for leaving home, and together they face…
    Book, 2022Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2022. — YA-LAMB, S
  • Yehuda “Hoodie” Rosen, an Orthodox Jewish teen, finds his life turned upside down when his insular community moves into a mostly non-Jewish town. As tensions rise between the groups, Hoodie unexpectedly falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O’Leary—the mayor’s…
    Book, 2022New York : Philomel Books, 2022. — YA-BLUM, I
  • Yocheved “Yoyo” Gold is a model Orthodox Jewish teen: devoted to her family, observant of tradition and deeply rooted in her community. But when her best friend is abruptly sent away for breaking religious rules, Yoyo begins to question the rigid…
    Book, 2024New York, New York : Philomel, 2024. — YA-BLU
  • Alina Starkov, an orphaned soldier in the war-torn kingdom of Ravka, who discovers she possesses a rare magical power capable of destroying the Shadow Fold—a vast darkness filled with monsters. As she trains among the Grisha, Ravka's magical elite,…
    Book, 2012New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2012. — YA FIC BARDUGO
  • A Study in Drowning is a gothic fantasy that follows Effy Sayre, the only female architecture student at Llyr University, who is selected to redesign the decaying Hiraeth Manor, once owned by the famed author Emrys Myrddin. As Effy collaborates with…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA-REI
  • Set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, The City Beautiful follows Alter Rosen, a 17-year-old Jewish immigrant who dreams of bringing his family to America. When his best friend Yakov is murdered, Alter becomes possessed by…
    Book, 2021Toronto, Ontario : Inkyard Press, 2021. — YP POLYDORO
  • Barrett Bloom is ready for a fresh start in college after a rough high school experience, but her first day quickly turns into a disaster—she’s humiliated in class, botches an interview and accidentally sets a frat house on fire. The next morning,…
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022] — YA SOLOM