{"id":168,"date":"2018-11-26T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=168"},"modified":"2018-11-20T17:51:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T01:51:51","slug":"three-stars-in-the-night-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/three-stars-in-the-night-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Stars in the Night Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fernschumerchapman.com\/product\/three-stars-in-the-night-sky\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3204 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fernschumerchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0996472541.MAIN_.jpg?resize=512%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three Stars in the Night Sky cover\" width=\"512\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fernschumerchapman.com\/product\/three-stars-in-the-night-sky\/\">THREE STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Fern Schumer Chapman<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Gussie Rose Press\/June 6, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Grades 5-8, 56 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what the publisher says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the age of 12, Gerda Katz fled Nazi Germany and came to America all by herself. Decades before the label gained recognition, she became what\u2019s now known as an \u201cunaccompanied minor.\u201d Gerda\u2019s story of family separation reflects the dislocating trauma, culture shock, and excruciating loneliness many unaccompanied minor immigrants experience. As Gerda becomes an American, she never stops longing to be reunited with her family. Three Stars in the Night Sky illuminates the personal damage of racism in three countries \u2013 Nazi Germany, the Dominican Republic, and the United States during the 1930s and 40s \u2014 and the emotional devastation of a child coming to a new country alone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juniorlibraryguild.com\/book\/landing\/detailedview?itemcode=9780996472548J\">A Junior Library Guild Selection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And here are my thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>This was an engaging, up close and personal look at an historical\u00a0event that is sadly still relevant today for many reasons, including understanding World War II, anti-Semitism, refugees, and the very real impacts of immigration policies. There is also local relevancy here in western Washington state, as Gerda emigrated to Seattle to escape the persecution of Jews in Germany in 1938 and wound up facing the internment of the region&#8217;s Japanese-American citizens. I found the story and accompanying images to be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To read the rest of my review, please <a href=\"http:\/\/lauriethompson.com\/2018\/11\/26\/review-three-stars-night-sky\/\">click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauriethompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Facts First! Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THREE STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY by Fern Schumer Chapman Gussie Rose Press\/June 6, 2018 Grades 5-8, 56 pages Here\u2019s what the publisher says: At the age of 12, Gerda Katz fled Nazi Germany and came to America all by herself. Decades before the label gained recognition, she became what\u2019s now known as an \u201cunaccompanied &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/three-stars-in-the-night-sky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Three Stars in the Night Sky&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[28,30,31,29],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up","tag-fern-schumer-chapman","tag-nfmon","tag-nonfiction-monday","tag-three-stars-in-the-night-sky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-2I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":543,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/space-adventurer-bonnie-dunbar-astronaut\/","url_meta":{"origin":168,"position":0},"title":"Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"October 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut by Andi Diehn (Author) and Katie Mazeika (Illustrator) Booktalk: When Bonnie Dunbar spotted Sputnik traveling across the sky from where she stood on her family\u2019s farm, she knew that\u2019s what she wanted to do when she got older, but it wasn't easy. 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