TY - BOOK AU - Berne,Emma Carlson AU - Forsyth,Matt TI - Ruth and the night of broken glass: a World War II survival story T2 - Girls survive SN - 9781496583871 AV - PZ7.B7576 Ru 2020 U1 - F BER 23 PY - 2020/// CY - North Mankato, Minnesota PB - Stone Arch Books KW - Kristallnacht, 1938 KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Kindertransports (Rescue operations) KW - Jewish girls KW - Germany KW - Frankfurt am Main KW - Survival KW - Fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Refugees KW - History KW - 1933-1945 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - 4.4; 3-6; 570L; Lexile; W; Fountas N2 - In November 1938, young Ruth Block is a Jewish girl in Frankfurt Germany, trying to cope with the ever tightening noose of Nazi oppression; her father's stationery store has been shut down, and her school closed; then one night her family's apartment is broken into, and her father is dragged out, arrested, and taken to a concentration camp--and it becomes clear that if Ruth and her best friend Miriam are going to survive they must somehow get out of Germany, even if it means leaving their parents behind. Includes nonfiction back matter, a glossary and discussion questions ER -