Jewish Literature

Jewish Literature Challenge

What: Reading at least 5 books by Jewish Authors or about Judaism
When: December 4, 2007 (Beginning of Hanukkah) to April 26, 2008 (End of Passover)
Who: Anyone who wants to participate! Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike
Click on the button above to be taken to the official challenge blog.
Click on a link below to be taken to my review.

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Set during WWII and indirectly about Judaism:
Sirens and Spies by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Finished shortly after the challenged officially ended:
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Hitler Youth Growing Up in Hitlers Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartolletti

One comment


  1. Thanks for joining! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply. I’ve added you now. If you want to be able to cross-post your reviews I need your email addy, otherwise, can I cross-post them for you? Or at the very least, link to them?

    on April 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

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