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A Truth to Tell, Novels About the Holocaust for Young Readers    by Eve Tal
Price: $8.99 USD. 48820 words. Published by Look Again Press  on January 21, 2011. .

Exploring the historical treatment of the subject and literary devices authors use to effectively convey difficult truths, Eve Tal examines the ways in which the Holocaust is portrayed in selected English-Language and Hebrew fiction for young readers.
Daughters of Iraq    by Revital Shiri-Horowitz
Price: $2.99 USD. 65180 words. Published on April 3, 2011. .

Daughters of Iraq is a fascinating story following three generation of women as they journey from Iraq in the first half of the twentieth century to modern-day Israel and Seattle. It is the story of a Jewish family that emigrated from Iraq to Israel to start a new life in the newly established country.
Son of Saul    by Arthur Douglas Ward
Price: $4.99 USD. 135580 words. Published on August 19, 2011. .

The testament of Jonathan, son of Israel's first king. A hero of Israel's war to throw off Philistine domination, Jonathan lives an agony of divided loyalties: between his conscience and the ferocious decrees of the prophet Samuel; between his marriage and a forbidden friendship with a beautiful Canaanite priestess; between his father and the charismatic David, destined to take the throne.
Jesus' Island of Dreams    by Stephen Thomas White
Price: $4.99 USD. 145530 words. Published on August 24, 2011. .

Jesus’ Island of Dreams is a story of the efforts to follow instructions from Jesus. Thomas, a great grandson of Apostle Thomas, does as he is told by Jesus. He is to obtain the support of the Romans. Find a specific island in the Mediterranean.
Josiah, the Child King    by David Washburn
Price: $2.99 USD. 58000 words. Published on September 16, 2011. .

When enemies murdered his father, Josiah became king at the age of eight. The land he ruled was torn between Baal, a pagan deity, and Yahweh, the God of the Hebrew people. Through years of struggle and political intrigue, with help from prophets such as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, Josiah removed the idols, repaired Yahweh's temple and turned the nation back to their God. But would it be enough?