My Canary Yellow Star

Willow Run

Old Friends

Mixed Just Right

Turn Left for Christmas

The Beautiful Country

Amazing Monty

Jessamy

Chosen for inclusion in the reading list for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardIt is 1957 and Alexandras immigrant family is living the North American dream. Her father is a respected doctor, and she has a warm circle of good friends from church, from girl guides, and from school. Perhaps her mother is nervous and a bit odd she seems incapable of leaving the house alone and there is never any talk of the life they left behind in Hungary, but every family has its quirks.Alexandras world is turned upside down when she discovers a secret that her parents have kept. They are not Catholic, as Alexandra believes. They are Jewish. Alexandras view of her parents, of her friends, and of the society in which she lives is turned upside down by her discovery. Who is she and where does she really belong?From the Trade Paperback edition.

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My Canary Yellow Star

Eva Wiseman, 2001

Willow Run

Patricia Reilly Giff, 2005

Old Friends

Margaret Aitken, Lenny Wen, 2022

Mixed Just Right

Kayln Charest, Lilyluise R Ward, 2016

Turn Left for Christmas

L & M Trustam, 2011

The Beautiful Country

Jane Kuo, 2022

Amazing Monty

Anik McGrory, Johanna Hurwitz, 2010

Jessamy

Barbara Sleigh, 1967