8 must-read jewish books like Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde

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Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

By: Heidi Smith Hyde

3.82

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship…

If you liked the jewish plot in Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Ron's Big Mission

By: Don Tate , Rose Blue , Corinne J. Naden , Corinne Naden

4.40

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airp… read more

Similar categories in Don Tate's Ron's Big Mission book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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2. Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List

By: Kate Klise , M. Sarah Klise

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eli the dog has been with Astrid since her parents brought her home from the hospital as a baby. No… read more

Similar categories in Kate Klise's Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens

3. Bats at the Library

By: Brian Lies

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Houghton Mifflin Company Another inky evening's here-- The air is cool and calm and clear. Can it b… read more

Similar categories in Brian Lies's Bats at the Library book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

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4. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

Similar categories in Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1) book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • historical fiction
  • childrens
  • jewish
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5. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • jewish
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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6. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion

By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair

4.51

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Stanley Blair's Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

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7. Invasion of the Unicorns

By: David Biedrzycki

4.23

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

He's just a cute little unicorn who wants to take over the world. Special Agent Bubble07 is unde… read more

Similar categories in David Biedrzycki's Invasion of the Unicorns book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • holiday
  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. The Matchmaker's Gift

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • historical fiction
  • jewish
"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

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9. Tomatoes for Neela

By: Padma Lakshmi

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel c… read more

Similar categories in Padma Lakshmi's Tomatoes for Neela book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Sorry, Bro

By: Taleen Voskuni

3.66

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

An Armenian-American woman rediscovers her roots and embraces who she really is in this vibrant and… read more

Similar categories in Taleen Voskuni's Sorry, Bro book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

"For all my mom knows, I am as straight as Taylor Swift (my mortal enemy)."

-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro

"There's a moon ring on her index finger, and with her other hand she pinches the moon and twists the ring all the way around and back. I want to be that moon. The I immediately tell myself to dial it…"

-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro

"I don't need to do a quick self-assessment to know that I read as super-duper straight. And, let's be real, a basic bitch. My hair is long past my shoulders, styled and sleek and very conventional. S…"

-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro

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11. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
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12. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
  • jewish
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13. Yossel's Journey

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.05

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

"Yossel, along with his family, flees anti-Jewish Russian pogroms in the late nineteenth century an… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Lasky's Yossel's Journey book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • historical fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • jewish
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14. We Are Going to Be Pals!

By: Mark Teague

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An egret and a rhinoceros navigate the ups and downs of their symbiotic relationship—which is more … read more

Similar categories in Mark Teague's We Are Going to Be Pals! book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner)

By: James LaRue

4.32

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In America today, more books are being banned than ever before. This censorship is part of a larger… read more

Similar categories in James LaRue's On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner) book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

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16. Love Is a Revolution

By: Renée Watson

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a new YA--a love story … read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Love Is a Revolution book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
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17. My Baba's Garden

By: Jordan Scott

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Scott's My Baba's Garden book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Hanukkah Upside Down: A Picture Book

By: Elissa Brent Weissman

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this delightfully upside-down picture book holiday story, cousins from opposite sides of the glo… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Brent Weissman's Hanukkah Upside Down: A Picture Book book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • holiday
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • jewish
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19. A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story

By: Caren Stelson

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caren Stelson brings Sachiko Yasui's story of surviving the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and her mess… read more

Similar categories in Caren Stelson's A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Mystery on Magnolia Circle

By: Kate Klise

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Rear Window meets Nancy Drew in this middle-grade novel by Kate Klise about a girl who believes she… read more

Similar categories in Kate Klise's Mystery on Magnolia Circle book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
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21. Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

By: Heidi Smith Hyde

3.82

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • holiday
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • historical fiction
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22. Magical Meet Cute

By: Jean Meltzer

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also us… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Magical Meet Cute book and Heidi Smith Hyde's Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

  • jewish

12 Top childrens books like Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde

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Ron's Big Mission

Don Tate , Rose Blue , Corinne J. Naden , Corinne Naden

4.40

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Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List

Kate Klise , M. Sarah Klise

4.46

Transform Your Habits

All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

Sydney Taylor

4.24

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Invasion of the Unicorns

David Biedrzycki

4.23

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12 Top fiction books like Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi

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Watercress

Andrea Wang

4.53

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Sulwe

Lupita Nyong'o

4.66

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Love in the Library

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

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Corey R. Tabor

4.47

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