New Releases by Devra Newberger Speregen

When her father''s job takes the family to Italy for the summer and fifth-grader Justine has her best friends join her for two weeks, they find themselves in the midst of a mystery surrounding the Palio horse race.

A young adult biography that focuses on Einstein as a great Jewish thinker and champion of Israel. In 2005, the world celebrated Albert Einstein''s annus mirabile, the miraculous year. It was the 100th anniversary of the publication of his five pioneering papers that led to revolutionary changes in our understanding of the properties of space and time. The anniversary of the Einstein''s theory of relativity and the publication of his famous formula, e=mc2, presents JPS with an opportunity to educate a new generation of young readers about Einstein''s importance as a scientist and, more specifically, as a Jew. Speregen fully explores the fascinating story of Albert Einstein''s connection to his Jewish roots and the growth of his commitment to the creation of the State of Israel. She describes Einstein''s difficult early years as a student in Germany''s repressive school system and details his struggle to respond to his stubborn questioning nature and personal search for answers to some of the great questions of the universe. The author discusses how Einstein''s ties to his people grew as he witnessed the rise of anti-Semitism in the early 1900s and his relentless efforts to raise money and public awareness to promote the creation of the State of Israel. (In fact, he was even offered the presidency of Israel after the death of Chaim Weizman.)

When her father''s job takes the family to Italy for the summer and fifth-grader Justine has her best friends join her for two weeks, they find themselves in the midst of a mystery surrounding the Palio horse race.

Danny Dozer and his friends do various construction jobs throughout the week, including digging, pushing dirt away, and lifting gravel. On board pages.

Michelle and Stephanie think Camp OutaSight will be major fun. Michelle can''t wait to camp out with her friends. And Stephanie wants to be the best counselor ever. But senior counselor Parker Peterson has another idea ...

While lost in a creepy wax museum, Jordan has a strange encounter with one of its inmates.

Stephanie is finally going to meet her pen pal, Kyra. But when they meet, Kyra isn''t quite what Stephanie expected. They never agree on anything--until Kyra starts flirting with Brandon, a cute guy Stephanie''s had her eye on!

When data-dump-yard dog Frisket swallows a hidden unformat command, the evil virus Megabyte orders his slapdash goons to go after the one thing Frisket treasures: his best pal, Enzo. Will the command destroy Frisket''s aching belly before Enzo can rescue them from Megabyte''s evil clutches?

Contains puzzles, facts, and other fun activities about dinosaurs.

Based on the hit TV Series full house, easy to read chapter books.

How far will Stephanie go? Stephanie Tanner wants to be a Flamingo more than anything else in the world, especially since her friend Darcy has also been asked to join the club. But first the girls have to complete a few risky dares. For Stephanie that means tricking a close friend -- and getting into big trouble at home. Is being cool worth it? What will Stephanie do?

Discusses the Barcelona Olympics and the rules and history of basketball as an Olympic sport, and introduces the nine National Basketball Association superstars on the United States Olympic team