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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
Description
"A grandmother shares the story of her experiences in WWII with her grandchild in this graphic novel for young readers"--
3) Sylvie
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young artist growing up in an apartment in a school in France where her father is the principal explores small local mysteries before becoming gradually aware of her parents' conflicts and the realities of being the only Jewish family in town"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From many years without recognition, money and yet a family to raise, all the way to great success, critically and financially, Monet pursued insistently one vision: catching the light in painting, refusing to compromise on this ethereal pursuit. It cost him dearly but he was a beacon for his contemporaries. We discover in this comics biography how he came to this vision as well as his turbulent life pursuing it.
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1930s Paris, the "Butcher of the Dances" is on the prowl for young, loose women, and local dominatrix Agatha suddenly turns up dead. Everyone assumes it was suicide, but her sister Blanche is convinced that the Butcher is responsible. She decides to take matters into her own hands, and in her pursuit, she ends up hired into a luxury house of call-girls. She soon becomes adept at certain practices, but she does not lose sight of her ultimate goal-to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
Description
When a young journalist prompts a reclusive musical superstar to finally break his silence, he pours out an astonishing saga of rivalry and regret, starring child prodigies and bitter old men, beautiful dancers and demonic managers, Nazi commandants, compassionate nuns, and lifesaving animals. Ballad for Sophie is a sweeping tale that spans the twentieth century, packed with all the drama of a rock & roll biopic and more twists than a night at the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Movie "Colette" coming in September starring Keira Knightley! From her marriage at the age of 20, until her divorce, this snapshot of Colette's life focuses on her formative years. Incredibly complex, powerfully determined, truly gifted, Colette challenged herself to reinvent her life and assert herself as a free woman. In her day, her behavior scandalized and vexed the establishment. But in the end, she helped to free women in their thinking and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the Second World War he becomes a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer who provides the Nazi regime with the metals it needs, but secretly he uses his wealth and influence to finance the French Resistance and free fellow Jews from Nazi hands. Due to his tactics he was one of...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Graphic Edition edition.
Language
English
Description
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. They were held for five days at the Velodrome d'Hiver stadium, before being sent by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp. But where would they be transported to? Separated from his parents, who were deported to Auschwitz and certain death, Joseph remained with 1,000 other separated children, as they waited to...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Jeanne is accepted on to a PhD course, she is over the moon, brimming with excitement and grand plans, but is the world ready for her masterful analysis of labyrinth motifs in Kafka's The Trial? At first Jeanne throws herself into research with great enthusiasm, but as time goes by, it becomes clear that things aren't quite going according to plan.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Clara's at a breaking point. She's got writer's block, her friends ask a lot without giving much, her psychologist is useless, and her demanding publishing job leaves little time for self care. She seeks solace in the community around her, yet, while her friends provide support and comfort, she is often left feeling empty, unable to express an underlying depression that leaves her immobilized and stifles any attempts at completing her poetry collection....
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Having read every book in his tiny village, young Timo decides it is time to leave home and become a hero. And while that is easier said than done, Timo is determined to succeed. When he rescues an enchanted beast named Broof, Timo gains a gruff and reluctant ally. But little does good-hearted Timo suspect that Broof's mysterious past will bring complications to his journey.... An engaging hero, surprising plot twists, and a host of fantastical creatures...
Author
Series
City of dragons volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ever since the battle in Hong Kong, Grace and her friends have been trying to find a way to get to Paris. When Nate suddenly appears and whisks Grace away to the Dragon King's lair, she learns that Daijiang and his underlings are searching for an ancient relic that will let them subjugate the dragons, and Grace needs to find it first! With Grace's burgeoning Hùnxuè powers, the team must get to Paris and stop Daijiang's plan. But their new ally,...
19) The butchery
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young man and woman fall for each other and all is sweetness and light. But when their relationship crumbles, they each must endure the ensuing emotional fallout." --Publisher.
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