Katherine Tegen Books

Jul 18, 2024 | jewishchronicle.org | Joshua S. Levy |Katherine Tegen Books |Leah Sokol |Menucha Publishers

Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop, by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books This middle grade novel is a brilliantly crafted, laugh-out-loud page turner that will keep readers in suspense until the end. As Finn and Ezra relive their bar mitzvah weekend celebrations dozens and dozens of times, they must find a way for the clock to not reset back to Friday so they can finally move forward with their lives.

Jun 9, 2023 | jewishchronicle.org | Josh Levy |Katherine Tegen Books |Liza Wiemer

“Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom,” by Tami Lehman-Wilzig, illustrated by Oliver Averill, published by Kar-Ben PublishingThis impassioned and impressive picture book shares the struggles the Jewish people of Spain faced doing the Spanish Inquisition. It illuminates the choices Luis de Torres might have faced to retain his Jewish identity. Although this is a work of historical fiction, the author provides plausible scenarios for Luis’s experience as interpreter for Christopher Columbus.

Apr 29, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Jonathan Stroud |Cynthia Smith |L.M. Elliott |Katherine Tegen Books

The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud; Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 422 pages ($17.99) Age 10 and up. Fierce, red-headed gunslinger Scarlett McCain and spindly accomplice Albert Browne are now the stuff of legend as pamphlets document their Robin Hood-like exploits in a dystopian England populated by fearsome beasts and religious fanatics in this second Scarlett and Browne adventure from British fantasy master Jonathan Stroud.