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Published
2021
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Subgenre
Historical
ISBN
9781541579132
Section
Middle Grade

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

Barbara Krasner

In 1939 twelve-year-old Ruthie Arons sails with her family on the M.S. St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees that is turned away from Cuba.

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Themes

Immigration & refugeesWar & conflictFamilyReal lives & history

Mood

Feels tense, emotional.

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