Sydney Taylor

Award-Winning Ebooks

Middle, High School

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Middle School Ebooks (all available in Sora)

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

by Eugene Yelchin

Sora

Video Book Talk

The Magical Imperfect

The Magical Imperfect

by Chris Baron

Sora

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Turtle Boy

Turtle Boy

by M. Evan Wolkenstein

Sora

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Anya and the Dragon

Anya and the Dragon

by Sofiya Pasternack

Sora

Video Book Talk

Anya and the Nightingale

Anya and the Nightingale

by Sofiya Pasternack

Sora

"Thirteen-year-old Anya sets out to find her missing father but instead travels to Kiev, where she meets the tsar, dines with a rabbi, and rescues two brothers from a dangerous monster lurking beneath the city." -Follett

Beni's War

Beni's War

by Tammar Stein

Sora

"Beni is unhappy when his family moves to a remote farming community in northern Israel. Everything changes on Yom Kippur when war comes, and his soldier brother Motti goes off to fight. As worries mount about Motti's safety, Beni realizes that he must act to save the day"--Publisher

We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

We Had To Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

by Deborah Hopkinson

Sora

"Looks at the role of the Kindertransport during World War II, a rescue effort that sent children to other countries in order to escape the Nazis." -Follett


Blackbird Girls

Blackbird Girls

by Anne Blankman

Sora

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A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table

by Saadia Faruq & Laura Shovan

Sora

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Letters from Cuba

Letters from Cuba

by Ruth Behar

Sora

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White Bird: A Wonder Story

White Bird: A Wonder Story

by R.J. Palacios

Sora

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High School Ebooks (linked to BPL catalog)

The City Beautiful

The City Beautiful

by Aden Polydoros

BPL

Video Book Talk

The Last Words We Said

The Last Words We Said

by Leah Scheier

BPL

Video Book Talk

Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero

Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero

by E. Lockhart

BPL
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The Summer of Lost Letters

The Summer of Lost Letters

by Hannah Reynolds

BPL

Video Book Talk

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

by Judy Batalion

BPL

Author Interview

The Seventh Handmaiden

The Seventh Handmaiden

by Judith Pransky

BPL

Video Book Talk

Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

by Robbie Waisman

BPL

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Why We Fly

Why We Fly

by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal

BPL

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Dancing at the Pity Party

Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Novel

by Tyler Feder

BPL

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They Went Left

They Went Left

by Monica Hesse

BPL

Video Book Talk

Today Tonight Tomorrow

Today Tonight Tomorrow

by Rachel Lynn Solomon

BPL

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The New Queer Conscience

The New Conscience

by Adam Eli

BPL

"LGBTQIAA+ activist Adam Eli argues the urgent need for queer responsibility--that queers anywhere are responsible for queers everywhere"-Publisher

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