The Other Half of Life
by Whitney, Kim Ablon
National Jewish Book Award/Honor BookCubaHistorical FictionHolocaustJewish PeopleNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesEmigration/Immigration
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AR Book Level
5.0
AR Points
8
Word Count
51,310
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
130152 EN
About this book
In 1939, fifteen-year-old Thomas sails on a German ship bound for Cuba with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven in Cuba. The plot contains sexual references and racial slurs throughout.