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"A 2018 Junior Library Guild selection 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's now known as an ""unaccompanied minor."" Gerda's 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 -- Nazi Germany, the Dominican Republic, and the United States during the 1930s and 40s -- and the emotional devastation of a child coming to a new country alone. "

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Fern Schumer Chapman is the author of several award-winning books: Motherland; Is It Night or Day?; Like Finding My Twin;Stumbling on History; Brothers, Sisters, Strangers: Sibling Estrangement and the Road to Reconciliation; and The Sibling Estrangement Journal: A Guided Exploration of Your Experience through Writing. A sought-after speaker, she has presented to schools, libraries, charity events, and women's organizations. She lives in northern Illinois.

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