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Second Story Press publishes stories that feature strong female characters and explore themes of social justice, human rights, equality and ability issues.

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101 Ways to Dance
By (author): Kathy Stinson
ISBN: 9781897187104
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 176
Price: $10.95
1212
By (author): Kathleen McDonnell
ISBN: 9781897187111
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 240
Price: $9.95
A gripping moral drama vividly set within the Christian Crusades era.
44 Hours or Strike!
By (author): Anne Dublin
ISBN: 9781927583760
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 112
Price: $11.95
Jewish sisters Sophie and Rose are caught up in the events of the dressmakers’ strike in Toronto in 1931, facing unexpected and sometimes violent barriers to their fight to make a lasting change.
A Cage Without Bars
By (author): Anne Dublin
ISBN: 9781772600698
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 136
Price: $10.95
In this novel for middle-grade readers, a brother and sister are kidnapped and taken into slavery, along with hundreds of other Jewish children, in fifteenth-century Portugal.
A Chanukah Noel
By (author): Sharon Jennings   Illustrated by: Gillian Newland
ISBN: 9781897187746
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 24
Price: $15.95
Charlotte, a young Jewish girl, is fascinated by Christmas. By coming to the aid of a friend she gets the chance to participate in the traditions.
A Childhood Adrift
By (author): René Goldman
ISBN: 9781988065175
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 328
Price: $14.95
An eloquent personal narrative detailed with historical research and commentary, A Childhood Adrift explores identity, closure, disillusionment and the anguish of silenced emotions.
A Drastic Turn of Destiny
By (author): Fred Mann
ISBN: 9781897470084
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 96
Price: $14.95
"n Germany I was 'Jewboy'; in Brussels I was 'boche'; in France I was 'undesirable'; in Portugal I was a 'refugee'; and in Jamaica I was simply a non-entity . . . I was a pariah in an exploding world."
A Friend Like Iggy
By (author): Kathryn Cole   Withs: BOOST Child & Youth Advocacy Centr,    Photographs by: Ian Richards
ISBN: 9781772600841
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 32
Price: $18.95
A photo-based storybook about Iggy, a dog trained to support children who have experienced abuse.
A Friend Like Zilla
By (author): Rachna Gilmore
ISBN: 9780929005713
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 84
Price: $5.95
A Long Way From Home
By (author): Alice Walsh
ISBN: 9781926920795
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 232
Price: $11.95
Thirteen-year-old Rabia and her family have fled Afghanistan and are on their way to America on the morning of 9/11, and when their plane is diverted to Newfoundland, their future is called into question.
A Month of Mondays
By (author): Joelle Anthony
ISBN: 9781772600261
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 200
Price: $11.95
In this middle-grade novel, a young girl copes with the return of her long-absent mother and a new pressure to do well at school.
A Name Unbroken
By (author): Michael Mason
ISBN: 9781897470565
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 192
Price: $14.95
Miklos Friedman grows up learning to take risks and seize opportunities. In 1944, as Germany occupies Hungary, he must draw on his wits to survive
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