The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto.

Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory--a list that became world renowned: Schindler's List.

This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancor, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr. Leyson's telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read.

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ISBN 13	9781442497818
ISBN 10	1442497815
Title	The Boy on the Wooden Box
Author	Leon Leyson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Year published	2013-08-27
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Commended for Christopher Awards (Books for Young People) 2014, Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2014, Commended for Sydney Taylor Book Award (Older Readers) 2014, Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction-Young Adult) 2013, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2015, Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Middle School) 2016, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2015, Short-listed for Iowa Teen Award 2016, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2015, Short-listed for Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades 6-8) 2015
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