{"product_id":"the-stars-in-april-peggy-wirgau-9781645263067","title":"The Stars in April","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 SCWC Notable Book Award Winner Young Adult Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on the True Story of Twelve-Year-Old \u003cem\u003eTitanic \u003c\/em\u003eSurvivor, Ruth Becker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sometimes we have to go a long way to find out who we are.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1912. When doctors in India are unable to treat her baby brother's illness, Ruth's missionary parents decide there is one solution: move her mother and the children across the world-to Michigan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut India is the only home Ruth knows. In a matter of days, she must leave Papa and all she loves behind, abandon her dream of one day playing violin in the Calcutta Orchestra, and embark on a rollicking, four-week journey across the Arabian and Mediterranean Seas, followed by the voyage to New York aboard the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth's story is one of courage and self-sacrifice as she earns her sea legs and faces the unknown, culminating in a desperate, tragic night she will never forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I feel as though I'm sitting in Ruth's apartment and she is sharing her life story with me ... so very well-written ... one can hardly stop reading.\"-Floyd Andrick, former Titanic Historical Society member and personal friend of Ruth Becker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurriculum Guide available to Common Core State Standards for Grades 5-8 at www.peggywirgau.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peggy Wirgau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645263061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645263067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Illuminate YA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Peggy Wirgau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050190663935,"sku":"9781645263067","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa7ce7ab-c4c7-4f40-94ee-26450d609441.jpg?v=1685005764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stars-in-april-peggy-wirgau-9781645263067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}