Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass

In the late summer and early fall of 1938 ten-year-old Ruth Block along with her father mother and best friend Miriam must navigate the increasing pressure placed on the Jewish population in Frankfurt Germany. Ruth grows more worried by the day. Her father’s stationery store is shut down she and Miriam are belittled on the street their school is closed. Then one night in November the family’s apartment is broken into. Ruth’s father is dragged into the square and arrested along with hundreds of other Jewish men. Ruth her family her friends and her community struggle to survive the fiery night and the terrifying uncertain future ahead of them. Featuring nonfiction support material a glossary and reader response questions this Girls Survive story takes readers to Kristallnacht the Night of Broken Glass one of history’s most important moments.