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Is It Night or Day?
By Chapman, Fern Schumer
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
Gr 5-9 Tiddy, 12, can't understand why she is being forced to leave her beloved family to go and live in a strange land. By 1938, anti-Semitism has taken hold in Germany and the Westerfields, "an old and once respected Jewish family of Stockstadt," are suddenly "filthy Jews." Grandmother refuses to leave, but Vati and Mutti fear for the lives of their daughters, so they send Betty to a family in Chicago. A year ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In 1938, Edith's parents send her to Chicago with other German Jewish children. Her aunt treats her like a servant, and the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on June 1, 2010
World War II and Holocaust stories like Edith’s are scarce in children’s literature; unlike many European Jews, she manages to flee her homeland and become an American immigrant. Readers will be intrigued by Edith’s unique per...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
