

Chance: Escape from the Holocaust
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The first middle-grade book from a picture book master—a harrowing, heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from the terrors of war.
From a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust-related story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, one of FSG BYR’s most acclaimed picture-book creators details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.
Black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
ISBN: 9780374313715
JLG Release: Nov 2020
Book Details
ISBN
9780374313715
First Release
November 2020
Genre
Nonfic
Dewey Classification
B
Trim Size
9" x 7"
Page Count
336
Accelerated Reader
N/AScholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
N/AFormat
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Discrimination: Religious, Language: Mild Language, Language: Infrequent Use
Topics
Uri Shulevitz (1935– ), Childhood and youth, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Poland, Jewish Holocaust (1939–1945), Personal narratives, Ethnic relations in Poland, Drawing, Artistic development,