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ADL’s online bibliography of recommended children’s and young adult books about bias, bullying, diversity and social justice.

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Linked

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Linked book cover
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika.
May 03, 2022
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The Ninth Night of Hanukkah

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The Ninth Night of Hanukkah book cover
It’s Hanukkah, and Max and Rachel are excited to light the menorah in their family’s new apartment. But, unfortunately, their Hanukkah box is missing. (Ages 3-8)
October 21, 2021
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A Bear for Bimi

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A Bear for Bimi
When Bimi and his family, who are refugees, immigrate to the U.S. and move into Evie’s neighborhood, not everybody is welcoming.
October 14, 2021
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The Assignment

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The Assignment
Would you defend the indefensible? That's what high school seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution--the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people.
May 03, 2021
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Hold On to Your Music

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Hold On to Your Music
In pre-World War II Vienna, Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. But when enemy forces threatened the city—particularly the Jewish people that lived there—Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision.
March 29, 2021
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Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail

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Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail
When it's time for the symbolic Passover custom of opening the family's front door for the prophet Elijah, both the boy and the cat are in for a remarkable surprise.
February 09, 2021
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Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place

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Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies. One of the protectors of the Frank family, Miep recovered the diary after the family was discovered by Nazis, and then returned it to Otto Frank after World War II.
October 13, 2020
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The Abba Tree

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The Abba Tree
Hannah and Abba―Hebrew for "Dad"―are spending time together in nature on Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day.
October 13, 2020
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The Mitten String

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the mitten string
This modern Jewish folktale will resonate with those who love crafts, anyone who’s encountered someone with physical differences—and with everyone who has ever lost a mitten in the depths of winter.
June 04, 2020
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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes her Mark

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I Dissent book cover
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what’s right for people everywhere.
March 24, 2020
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Jeremy's Dreidel

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Jeremy's Dreidel
October 26, 2019
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Refugee

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Refugee book cover
Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud all go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. Although they are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections tie their stories together in the end. (Ages 9-12)
September 20, 2018
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Shanghai Sukkah

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Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home.
March 24, 2016
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Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket

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Sadie, Ori and Grandma all love the soft blue 'Together Blanket' that Grandma knit when Sadie was born.
February 19, 2016
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The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

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Holocaust survivor Krystyna Chiger details her early years, largely spent hiding from Nazi and Ukrainian persecution, including the fourteen months she spent with her family in underground sewers.
July 16, 2015
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

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This book tells the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father.
July 07, 2015
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

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A story of a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
July 07, 2015
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Measure of A Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor

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Taken from his Czechoslovakian home at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family, Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield tells his incredible life story.
July 02, 2015
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The Chosen

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Reuven, a Modern Orthodox Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father and Danny, the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe, form an unlikely and deep friendship.
July 01, 2015
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My Name Is Asher Lev

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Asher Lev grows up in a Hasidic community in postwar Brooklyn but his gift as an artist threatens to estrange him from this traditional world and the parents he adores.
June 30, 2015
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Summer Reading

Monthly Featured Book

Each month a book from Books Matter is featured. Each Monthly Featured Book has educator and parent discussion guides to expand upon young people's learning from the book. Suggested activities help to facilitate discussions about identity and diversity, understanding and challenging bias and promoting social justice.

See Monthly Featured Books here.

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