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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2020), 336 pages
Description
"The first middle-grade book from a picture book master-a harrowing, heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from the terrors of war"--
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Nonfiction — 2020)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2020)
National Jewish Book Award (Finalist — Middle Grade Literature — 2020)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2023)
Mind the Gap Awards (2021)
CCBC Choices (2021)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2020)
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LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Black line drawings underscore the harrowing wartime journey Uri and his parents experienced as refugees from Poland. Even with all the horrors they faced, the book is child-accessible (mid to upper elementary), with conversational prose and several fleeting memories represented in single-page
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chapters. The font is large and the page design is white and open. For young readers who are developmentally ready for an introduction to the serious topic of war and the Holocaust, this book will open their eyes. Show Less
ISBN
0374313717 / 9780374313715