Waldman, Debby

Addy, who has worn hearing aids her entire life, is eager to excel when she enters the sixth grade, but she feels conflicted when she joins the school's running club with her best friend Lucy and finds she is a more gifted runner than her friend.

"In this middle-grade novel, Miriam discovers a young girl hiding in the barn while she's spending Passover at her grandparents' farm."--.

Retells a Jewish folktale in which a boy named Yankel does not realize the harm done by the stories he spreads until a rabbi teaches him an important lesson.

Presents an illustrated, Jewish folk tale in which Jacob and Rachel learn that they can only solve some tricky riddles by working together.

Addy, who has worn hearing aids her entire life, is eager to excel when she enters the sixth grade, but she feels conflicted when she joins the school's running club with her best friend Lucy and finds she is a more gifted runner than her friend.