Did your sibling change the password to your Netflix account?
Are your parents nagging you to pick up a book?
Never fear…summer reading is here!
Below is a list of novels that relate to Judaism that you may choose to read over the summer. Although I have not yet read all of these books, the majority of these novels have come highly touted.
The Jewish Book Council has also created a variety of book lists based on interest: Reading Lists
25 YA Books Featuring Jewish Protagonists
Holocaust:
- Hidden Like Anne Frank by Marcel Prins
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Kanada by Eva Wiseman
- Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
- Stolen Secrets by LB Schulman
- Once by Morris Fleitzman
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- My Real Name is Hanna
- Unlikely Warrior
- Holocaust Books for Middle-Grade Readers
Mitzvot/Jewish Teachings:
- The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah…and Your Life
- The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living
- The Book of Miracles
- Text Messages: A Torah Commentary for Teens
Humor
- This Is Just a Test by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories
Interesting Reads:
- Stealing Home by Ellen Schwartz
- Broken Strings by Eric Walters
- The Length of a String: Weissman, Elissa Brent: 9780735229471
- My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman
- Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- My Name is Asher Lev Chaim Potok
- Sandy Koufax
Graphic Novels: