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The other half of life : a novel based on the true story of the MS St. Louis /

In 1939, fifteen-year-old Thomas sails on a German ship bound for Cuba with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven in Cuba.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitney, Kim Ablon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
Jewish refugees > Fiction.
Ships > Fiction.
Description
Summary:In 1939, fifteen-year-old Thomas sails on a German ship bound for Cuba with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven in Cuba.
Item Description:"Advance reader's copy--Not for sale"--P. [1] of cover.
Physical Description:237 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780375852190 (hardcover)
0375852190 (hardcover)
9780375952197 (lib. bdg.)
0375952195 (lib. bdg.)