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37 Days at Sea aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939

Barbara Krasner

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-54157-912-5

Keywords: Nazism, Jews, escape, ship, stranded

Ruthie, 12, recounts in emotive blank verse, how she, her family, and 937 other Jews bound for Cuba to escape the Nazis were denied admittance. Notes, timeline, bibliography.