Novels & Short Stories

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  1. When Mr. Wetzelman, the local car mechanic, gets injured, the Burksfield Bike Club springs into action to run the very secretive "Operation Blue Light." Then, when they also take over the annual school carnival to raise money for an orphanage in Eretz Yisrael, the unthinkable happens, and before they know it they're involved in running the biggest kneidel contest that Burksfield has ever seen! Get ready for another wild adventure! Learn More
  2. Four girls.

    Four dreams.

    Four stars.

    My name is Ora M. Weiss. The "M" stands for Miriam, though my mother sometimes says that it stands for "Moody." ”Welcome to the very first volume in The Starlight Sisters, beloved author Libby Lazewnik's new and amazing series.

    Lucky Ora. She's got a beautiful voice. She's a whiz at math. And now YES! she's been accepted into Bais Yaakov of Valley Stream, otherwise known as JAPA, the Jewish School for Performing Arts. A unique new school that combines a high-level Bais Yaakov education with intensive training in the performing arts. A school that accepts only the best performers, and trains them to be even better.

    To get into JAPA you've got to be good .... no, great ... in either dance, singing or playing a musical instrument. And Ora’s been accepted! How incredible is that!? So if everything is so incredible -why is everything so terrible?

    Mostly, it's because Ora is tired of "playing second fiddle." Never the tops, never the champion, always second best. She's second fiddle to her sister, who is loved and admired by everyone, teachers and students alike. And second fiddle to the quiet girl who's managed to steal both the best solo in the choir and Ora's best friend. Join Ora and her fellow "Starlight Sisters" Gali, Chaya, and Penny on their quest to spread their own special "starlight" to the world. And get set for a fantastic performance!

    Age Range: Childrens - 10 - 12 Learn More

  3. Will the Kippelmans ever manage to catch up with the creature On the Loose?

    Moving day for the Kippelman family is exciting for more than one reason. On that day, they find out that they're the winners of a Chinese auction prize. But never would they have imagined how the prize would turn their lives so completely upside down...

    Meanwhile, Henny Kippelman is forced to deal with loneliness in a neighborhood that's so different from where she grew up. When a new girl joins her class, she worries that she's about to lose her long-time friends altogether. Henny's siblings are determined to keep their prize a secret from their unhappy sister - but how long can they keep up the charade?

    Then the unthinkable happens, and the stakes to keep the secret become even higher...

    Follow the Kippelman gang and their friends on their whacky journey in this action-packed tween novel. Watch as they learn from their mistakes, make tough decisions, and have some harrowing nighttime experiences, all while growing closer as a family and witnessing some incredible nifla'os ha'Borei up close!

    Originally serialized in the Yated Ne'eman as In the Dark. Learn More

  4. Friends came over to say goodbye. I bit back my shame as I dodged questions about why we were leaving, too embarrassed to tell them about our financial woes. They wished me well in my new school. I didn’t tell them there was no school for me. Watching each friend walk out the door shattered another piece of my heart.

    Sixteen-year-old Rina Ziskind loves living in Seattle, with her amazing best friend and close-knit community. Suddenly, her school’s scholarship fund mysteriously disappears. In the blink of an eye, Rina’s father accepts a job as a mashgiach on a strawberry farm in Oregon, and the Ziskinds must move to a small country town with no Jewish schools, shuls, or stores. Rina is devastated. How will she graduate high school? Will she ever make new friends?

    Seattle to Strawberries is a dramatic and engaging story by talented author Chaya Rochel Zimmerman. Join Rina as she befriends a Jewish country girl far from Yiddishkeit, struggles to restore her family’s dignity, and adjusts to her new town, worlds away from her familiar home. Learn More

  5. Shimon lives in an orphanage in upstate New York with his best friend, Lazer. Brave but lonely, he dreams of one day having a family. Aharon lives in Barrington, several cities over, with his parents and two siblings. Ruled by his fears and struggling to make friends, Aharon's only dream is to keep his head buried peacefully in his books.

    Separated by hundreds of miles and vastly different personalities, the two boys would seem to have nothing in common. But when Shimon discovers that he was wrong about what happened to his family, Aharon and Shimon are set on a collision course with destiny - and with each other.

    Shimon always thought his father died in the car crash that took his mother. Then, one day, in a drawer in the orphanage office, he finds a letter to his father that was written just recently! Using the mailing address on the letter as his starting point, he goes on a quest to find his father and become a family again.

    But things aren't always as straightforward as we would hope. Amid heartbreak, new friendships, and one very prim and proper Time-Traveling Aubergine, Shimon and Aharon are forced to confront their fears and struggles in a harsh and complicated world. Ultimately, they must each look in the mirror and confront themselves - FACE2FACE. Learn More

  6. The sixth-grade class is about to explode! The sixth graders are flying!

    Beryl Bukiet desperately tries to dodge the boy who’s out to get him; Shloimy Sachs furtively sells nosh whenever his teachers aren’t looking; and Tuvia Klein struggles majorly to keep a personal secret. But when the school day ends, strange things happen. At night, the classroom objects come to life and try patching up the problems of the day. Dexter, Sparkle, and Whiteboard make wacky but well-intentioned plots to help the boys. Will their ideas help or only make things worse?

    Popular author Chaya Sara Ben Shachar has woven an unusual, fun-filled tale. With characters hopping off the pages, this is one book you won’t want to put down — and that’s no conspiracy.

    Level W / Grade 5-6 Learn More

  7. Nothing that happens in the Schneider household is normal!

    What happens when...

    ...Lali wins a little lamb?

    ...Buma the lamb escapes one night into the great unknown?

    ...Tully discovers mysterious treats?

    ...Hundreds of Yoni's coins run away?

    Come along and share in the latest adventures of the Schneiders' 21 children! Learn More

  8. Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch is back!

    The delightful lady with twinkly eyes and round glasses, who lives in her slightly lopsided, little yellow house with a red roof and rickety wraparound porch, makes her appearance again, with a brand-new load of clever strategies for solving kids' problems!

    Whether it's Bella Scheiner, who cannot stop eating nosh; Ephraim Bender, who is a habitual interrupter; or Mirel and Mindy Lerman, who don't know how to keep their room neat, these kids - plus many others from the Clover Park neighborhood - find their problems dealt with and solved by the one-of-a-kind, ever-clever Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch. Her methods are fun, oftentimes delicious, and usually downright any, but as the kids from Clover Park and their parents can assure you, they really work!

    The second book in the popular Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch series, The Ever-Clever Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch is a book that kids will giggle over as they read and re-read it, again and again! Learn More

  9. Mordy never does what he’s supposed to do, and he gets all this nosh and prizes. Maybe I should stop doing my homework and then they’ll give me a soda can too.
    —Shloimy, age 10

    I couldn’t figure out how this had happened. Why didn’t Tzipora want to be my friend anymore? I hadn’t done anything wrong to her. Why did she drop me like that?
    —Adina, age 12

    I was just standing there, watching all the action in that huge echoing room, and my stomach started hurting again. I turned to my father and blurted, “What if the plane crashes?”
    —Moshe, age 10

    In My Story, 18 boys and girls share their stories in their own words. You’ll meet the new kid in the class, the kid who has two homes, and the kid who does something she never thought possible. You’ll hear about medical challenges, sibling fun and fights, summer camp and school plays and the things kids want most in the world.

    In these stories, kids (and adults!) will experience the world through kids’ eyes. You’ll find boys and girls who face their fears, fight for what’s right, and figure out how the world works. You may even find yourself. Learn More

  10. Bubby Karp, Senior Detective -- Book 2
    Join Bubby Karp and the kids as they search for disappearing trees, seek the source of mysterious smells, try to catch a cheating chef, and much more.

    Bubby Karp, the clever, energetic, fun-loving, senior detective of Spring Hill, is back solving mysteries with her grandchildren Nechama, Naftali, Eli, and Ezra. Whenever something unusual is happening, you can count on Bubby Karp to figure it out! Learn More

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