In The Stars in April by Peggy Wigau, readers will learn of the true story of Ruth Becker, a twelve-year-old Titanic Survivor. 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.India is all that Ruth knows, but in just a few days she will need to leave this land, her Papa and all she loves behind, including her dreams to one day play the violin in the Calcutta Orchestra.This story tells of Ruth's four-week journey across the Arabian and Mediterranean Seas, along with her voyage to New York aboard the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic. Paperback, 248 pages. Ages 9-12.
