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In Joshua S. Levys hilarious and charming middle grade novel, a Jewish seventh grade boy is caught between the worlds of his divorced parentswith an orthodox mother and secular father, Jake must concoct a web of lies to go to a summer camp with his friends. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Erin Entrada Kelly. A Junior Library Guild Selection! For TV-obsessed Jake Lightman, his parents divorce is like his favorite show getting canceled: The worst. Now hes stuck between playing the role of Yaakov for his mother and Jacob for his father.On Jakes first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly, he has two friends who seem to like the real Jake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to goeven if his parents wont let him.With help from Caleb and Tehilla, Jake concocts a web of lies to get to camp. But he struggles to keep up the ruseand be a good friend at the same time. As the cost of lying grows, he must decide whats truly important, or risk losing the people he cares about the most.

A joyful middle-grade anthology centered around Passover—from an exciting array of bestselling and award-winning Jewish creators! Named a best Passover book of all time by Parade magazineA Junior Library Guild Selection * A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the YearWelcome to Passover, a Jewish holiday that has been celebrated for thousands of years. The heart of Passover is the seder—a meal full of rituals, special foods, and songs—where we gather together to retell the story of the Exodus, when the Jewish people achieved freedom from Egypt.And yet this story is about more than the ancient past. The seder’s themes of freedom, joy, tradition, and more, are timeless and universal, for all.In this collection of short stories, 14 bestselling and award-winning authors each reimagine a different step of the seder for today’s young readers. Through historical and contemporary fiction, verse and prose, fiction and nonfiction, these gifted writers from different Jewish traditions and backgrounds gather around the seder table and invite everyone to join them.The full list of On All Other Nights contributors includes:Chris Baron (The Magical Imperfect)Ruth Behar (Lucky Broken Girl)Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm, The Unicorn Rescue Society)Veera Hiranandani (The Night Diary)Amy Ignatow (The Popularity Papers, Jedi Academy)Sarah Kapit (Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen)Joshua S. Levy (The Jake Show)Mari Lowe (Aviva vs. the Dybbuk)Naomi Milliner (Super Jake & The King of Chaos)Soifya Pasternack (Black Bird, Blue Road)R. M. Romero (The Dollmaker of Kraków)A. J. Sass (Ana on the Edge)Laura Shovan (The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary)Laurel Snyder (Orphan Island, Charlie & Mouse)Charming b​lack-and-white illustrations make this an even more approachable read.

Percy Jackson meets Star TrekPSS 118 is just your typical school—except that it''s a rickety old spaceship orbiting Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. Jack''s dad used to be the science teacher, until he got fired for tinkering with the ship. Now Jack just wants to get through the last day of school without anything else going wrong.But when the school is mysteriously attacked, Jack discovers that his dad has built humanity''s first light-speed engine—and given Jack control of it. To save the ship, Jack catapults it hundreds of light-years away . . . and right into the clutches of the first aliens humans have ever seen. School hasn''t just gotten out: it''s gone clear across the galaxy.And now it''s up to Jack and his friends to get everyone home."[T]his middle-grade action-adventure space opera is just plain fun."—Booklist"A perfect bridge for readers looking for a Percy Jackson–esque work of science fiction."—School Library Journal

Seventh grade didn''t end especially well for Jack, thanks to some hostile aliens.After the entire population of Earth''s solar system is whisked away by alien technology, Jack and his classmates and teachers aboard the PSS 118 are the only humans left. But it''s a new school year aboard the new and improved PSS 118, and the public school spaceship is on a mission to find and rescue the rest of humanity from the evil Minister''s plans. If they can avoid the aliens hunting them down, steer clear of a robot civil war, and figure out who among them might be a traitor, Jack and his friends might just survive middle school."Hilarious, high-stakes, un-put-downable fun."—Jarrett Lerner, author of the EngiNerds series"Another amazing trip across the galaxy with the students of PSS 118!"— Monica Tesler, author of the Bounders series

Seventh grade didn''t end especially well for Jack, thanks to some hostile aliens.After the entire population of Earth''s solar system is whisked away by alien technology, Jack and his classmates and teachers aboard the PSS 118 are the only humans left. But it''s a new school year aboard the new and improved PSS 118, and the public school spaceship is on a mission to find and rescue the rest of humanity from the evil Minister''s plans. If they can avoid the aliens hunting them down, steer clear of a robot civil war, and figure out who among them might be a traitor, Jack and his friends might just survive middle school."Hilarious, high-stakes, un-put-downable fun."—Jarrett Lerner, author of the EngiNerds series"Another amazing trip across the galaxy with the students of PSS 118!"— Monica Tesler, author of the Bounders series

Jack''s eighth-grade year aboard the PSS 118 is coming to an end. And the students and faculty of the best public schoolship in the galaxy (if it does say so itself) are on the verge of completing their mission. If all goes well, they''ll soon foil the sinister alien plot that''s put all of humanity in danger.But this is still middle school. So all does not go well.When the original plan backfires, it''s up to Jack, Ari, and Becka to take on the evil Minister one more time and make the galaxy safer for everyone.