Passage to Freedom : The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizuki

Other authorsDom Lee (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

940.53 MOC

Description

Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.

DDC/MDS

940.53 MOC

Physical description

32 p.; 10.3 x 8.32 inches

Awards

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2000)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2001)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 1999)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 2000)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2000)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2012)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 1998)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1999)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — Picture Book — 1998)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2001)
Horace Mann Upstanders Award (Suggested Book — Children's Books)

ISBN

1880000490 / 9781880000496

Barcode

B07144005J
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