Princess of the Shtetl (Dial BFYR, Penguin Random House, January 5, 2027)

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Prepare to fall in love with Bunke, a bold, hilarious, and unforgettable eleven-year-old growing up in a nineteenth-century shtetl, a Jewish town in Eastern Europe.

 Life in Bunke’s village isn’t always fair. Her brothers and boy cousins go to school, while Bunke must spend her days caring for her annoying little siblings and helping her mother with an endless list of chores.

Bunke dreams of a different life. But she can only reveal these dreams to her beloved diary, dreams like becoming a rabbi someday—never mind that this isn’t possible for a girl.

But when the Tsar’s army begins kidnapping Jewish boys to turn them into child soldiers and a strange group of people move to the shtetl, the town—and Bunke’s life—changes forever. Bunke’s small world falls apart, but it may be her chance at a much greater dream.