{"product_id":"chance-escape-from-the-holocaust-memories-of-a-r","title":"Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a R","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarrowing, engaging and utterly honest.\u003c\/b\u003e --Elizabeth Wein, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years. \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year from: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times ● Publishers Weekly ● Kirkus Reviews ● Booklist ● Jewish Journal ● Horn Boo\u003c\/i\u003ek ● Chicago Public Library \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Jewish Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom celebrated Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz comes a landmark World War II memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 1939, as German bombs started falling on Warsaw, four-year-old Uri Shulevitz sat still while his mother tied new boots on his feet and told him, We'll need to walk a lot. So begins Uri's arduous eight-year journey with his family, fleeing Poland and the Nazi onslaught for a precarious existence in the Soviet Union. From the freezing wilderness confines of a labor camp all the way north near the White Sea to hunger-filled years of displacement all the way south in the city of Turkestan, Uri recounts the lucky breaks and setbacks that happened to him and his parents along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerfully illustrated by the author and with a few surviving personal photographs and mementos, \u003ci\u003eChance: Escape from the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e also depicts young Uri's awakening as an artist, whose love of making pictures helped sustain him. Altogether, this is a unique, enthralling memoir of a displaced childhood from the beloved Caldecott medalist, the capstone to a remarkable career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Uri Shulevitz's stunning final published work, \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, a gripping true story of a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609518493865,"sku":"PHBK-9781250370655","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_8d44c005-7532-4c7b-ab61-d8eec8e666c8.jpg?v=1764704193","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/chance-escape-from-the-holocaust-memories-of-a-r","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}