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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasner, Barbara.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

37 Days at Sea

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Lerner Publishing Group, 2021.

Summary:

In May 1939, nearly one thousand German-Jewish passengers boarded the M.S. St. Louis luxury liner bound for Cuba. They hoped to escape the dangers of Nazi Germany and find safety in Cuba. In this novel in verse, twelve-year-old Ruthie Arons is one of the refugees, traveling with her parents. Ruthie misses her grandmother, who had to stay behind in Breslau, and worries when her father keeps asking for his stomach pills. But when the ship is not allowed to dock in Havana as planned--and when she and her friend Wolfie discover a Nazi on board--Ruthie must take action. In the face of hopelessness, she and her fellow passengers refuse to give up on the chance for a new life.

Contents:

Cover

Front Flap

Title Page

Copyright Information

Photo Acknowledgments

Dedication

Before Day 1: Wednesday, May 10, 1939 Breslau, Germany

Locked In, Locked Out

Day 1: Saturday, May 13, 1939 Hamburg, Germany

Yellow Roses

Steady Companions

The First Night

Day 2

Men with Shaved Heads

Pressing Buttons

Day 3

Cherbourg

Everyone Has Someone

My Horse Is Faster Than Yours

Captain Schroeder and the Men with Shaved Heads

Day 4

We Are Trouble

Day 5

A Tale of Ruthie and the Gym

Dear Grandma

St. Louis Mail

Day 6

Hitler Goes into Hiding

The Captain's Request

Day 8

Emil and the Detectives

Who Can We Tell?

Schnitzel Is Not Strudel

Day 9

The Swimming Pool

Dear G-d

By Late Afternoon

A Lot to Learn

Day 10

Water

What We Want to Be When We Grow Up

Day 11

Seasickness

Day 12

Too Much Friendship

Calling Emil Tischbein!

At the Movies

Day 13

Staying Out of Trouble

I Wish I Knew Where Home Was

End of Voyage Ball

Packing

Shining Light

Day 15: Havana Harbor, Cuba

Paradise

Stopped

That Far

Landing Cards Don't Land Us

Sitting Ducks

A Future Artist Envisions

Day 16

Dear President Roosevelt

Mothers

Good Riddance

Day 17

The Meaning of Mañana

Animals in Captivity

Day 18

The Very Important People

Seaplanes

All Eyes on Father

Day 19

Mrs. Freund Worsens

Shuffle

Message to Where?

Jews Can't Enter

Day 20

The Captain Becomes a Temporary Landlubber

Hide to Seek

Day 21

Be Careful What You Wish For

Until We Meet Again

The New Deal

Day 22

Does No One Notice?

Day 23

Freedom Looks Like Palm Trees

Day 25

More

Geography Lesson

Day 27

Adrift

Europe Beckons.

Across the Sea in Germany

Holding Up Our End

If We All Held Hands

Day 28

Mutiny

Day 29

A Secret Plan

This Ship Steams to Nowhere Under the Starless Night

Day 30

What to Believe

President Roosevelt Is No Pen Pal

Bang the Gong No More

Day 31

Max and Moritz to the Rescue

Comedy Night

Day 33

Strike Up the Band

Day 34

Day 35

Celebration!

King Solomon

A Ruthie by Any Other Name

A Tale of Ruthie and the Surprise Opportunity

No Flowers

Day 36

The Best Birthday Present Ever

The Approach to Antwerp

Day 37: Sunday, June 18, 1939 Antwerp, Belgium

We Have Landed

The Four Winds

A Blanket of Stars

There She Goes

The Parting of the Troublemakers

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

Timeline of Events

Further Information

About the Author

Back Flap

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781728424811

172842481X

9781728417547

1728417546

OCLC:

1225554328