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Whitney, Kim Ablon

The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis

248 pp. | Knopf | May, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-85219-0 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-95219-7 $19.99
(3) YA Fifteen-year-old Thomas boards a ship in Germany headed to Havana. It's 1939, and the passengers, mostly Jews, are seeking asylum in a new land; neither their arrival nor safety is guaranteed. Against this historical and political backdrop is the love story of Thomas and a girl named Priska. The characters are intriguing enough, but it's the real-life history that provides the novel's energy. Timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

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