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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1995
  • Latest Book:
    September 2013
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Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Yulek, a seventeen-year-old Holocaust survivor, finds himself tragically alone at war's end. Hoping to begin again, he makes his way to Palestine, where he meets a sad and beautiful Jewish girl named Theresa. Saved from the Nazis by Catholic nuns, Th...



  • A mesmerizing recreation of a village in Palestine and its characters, each gently and carefully called back from the past to tell their stories in a literary narrative of uncommon power and affection.

    In 1917, the members of a spy ring who sough...



  • An inspiring novel; a philosophical love story; a moving ode to a woman, as joyful and celebratory as it is elegiac. The narrator of Melisande! What Are Dreams? is a man in his forties, a scholar of ancient Greek philosophy known as Hoo. He has been ...



  • An inspiring novel; a philosophical love story; a moving ode to a woman, as joyful and celebratory as it is elegiac. The narrator is a man in his forties, a scholar of ancient Greek philosophy known as Hoo. He has been given the nickname by Mellie, t...




Award-Winning Books by Hillel Halkin

The Lady with the Hat
1996 Mildred L. Batchelder Award -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hillel Halkin has published 4 books.

Hillel Halkin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Melisande! What Are Dreams?, was published in September 2013.

The first book by Hillel Halkin, The Lady with the Hat, was published in April 1995.

No. Hillel Halkin does not write books in series.