Chapman, Fern Schumer.

Is it night or day? / Fern Schumer Chapman. - New York : Scholastic, 2014, c2010. - 205 p. ; 20 cm.

Based on the author's mother's experience, tells the story of Edith a young Jew who is sent in 1938 by her parents to Chicago, Illinois, where she lives with an aunt and uncle and tries to assimilate into American culture, while worrying about her parents and mourning the loss of everything she has ever known. Includes information about a program that brought twelve hundred Jewish children to safety during World War II.

5.3. 6-8.

ISBN: 9780545804875 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008055602

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction.
Jews--United States--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
Jewish refugees--Fiction.
Jews--Germany--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.C3667 / Is 2010

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]