This story gives me hope and almost made me cry! Ruth is Jewish and is hiding from the Nazis in world war 2. Her parents wait for the papers saying their family can immigrate to America and they finally come. Along the way she meets new friends, trusting people, and her future husband. Ruth ends up marrying Jack and lives a new peaceful life.
Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America (With a Foreword by Alan Gratz)
By Ruth Gruener
With a foreword by Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee.
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun.
In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends -- but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks of her time during World War II.
The family's perseverance is a classic story of the American dream, but also illustrates the difficulties that millions of immigrants face in the aftermath of trauma.
This is a gripping and human account of a survivor's journey forward with timely connections to refugee and immigrant experiences worldwide today.
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun.
In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends -- but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks of her time during World War II.
The family's perseverance is a classic story of the American dream, but also illustrates the difficulties that millions of immigrants face in the aftermath of trauma.
This is a gripping and human account of a survivor's journey forward with timely connections to refugee and immigrant experiences worldwide today.
Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction
ISBN-13: 9781338627459
ISBN-10: 1338627457
Published on 10/20/2020
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
Book Reviews (2)
It reminds me of survival and keeping hope
I liked this book because it was very exiting and entertaining. I also liked it because it was detailed and explained what had happened to Ruth.