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Fiction Doña Gracia’s Secret: The Adventures of an Extraordinary Jewish Woman in the Renaissance Marilyn Froggatt
Children’s Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Super Star Catherine Reef
Children’s The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
Nonfiction The Rebellion of the Daughters: Jewish Women Runaways in Habsburg Galicia Rachel Manekin
Essay—From the Journal Trina Schart Hyman: Remembering the Iconic Illustrator of “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” Eric A. Kimmel November 30, 2020