Motherland

Here's the Daily Herald story about the Gavin South Middle School appearance: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140403/news/140409404/

Student interviews FSC and her mother, Edith

The Reunion, an Author Guest Post by Fern Schumer Chapman “But what happened to Gerda?” a middle-school student asked after a presentation about my book, Is It Night or Day?. The historical novel tells the story of a little-known American program that rescued 1,000 children from Nazi Germany and chronicles the friendship of two 12-year-old refugees: Edith Westerfeld, who grew up to be my mother, and Gerda Katz, whom Edith ...

http://gazebonews.com/2014/03/20/now-in-paperback-historical-novel-by-local-author/

Marking the release of the paperback edition, here's a blog I wrote about the reunion of the two Holocaust refugees featured in my book. http://mackidsbooks.com/the-reunion-an-author-guest-post-by-fern-schumer-chapman/

  ...To buy her life story in paperback!

Just called my local B&N. They have five on hand and several are being held for customers at the front desk.

Traughber 7th graders in Oswego, Illinois hug Edith after hearing her story at a school presentation.

This is the organization that arranged for the German translation of MOTHERLAND. It also pushed for the installation of the Stumbling Stones in Stockstadt, Germany.     http://jn1.tv/video/news/german-society-to-preserve-jewish-culture.html

  Thank you, Gower Middle School students, for the warm welcome and the beautiful day.