For Kids

	Golem • David Wisniewski • Lee Salsberry • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A retelling of a Jewish legend, set in Prague in the 16th century, a dark time for the city's Jewish residents. A rabbi builds a clay giant to protect his people from persecution; the golem, in this version, speaks with a child's simplicity. The remarkable paper-cutout illustrations brilliantly evoke the Prague of old. (CZH38, $17.00)
	The Trumpeter of Krakow • Eric Philbrook Kelly • Janina Domanska • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A children's story about a young boy in medieval Krakow. (PLD12, $5.99)
	Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944 • Aranka Siegal • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS • This spare memoir of a Jewish girlhood in a German-occupied Hungarian town won its author a Newbery Honor citation. Its serious subject and introspective tone are recommended for sophisticated young adults. (HGR24, $6.95)

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