International Standard Book Number |
9780374313715 (hardcover)
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International Standard Book Number |
0374313717
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Personal Name |
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- author.
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Title Statement |
Chance : escape from the Holocaust / Uri Shulevitz, Wesley Adams.
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Edition Statement |
First American edition.
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Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2020.
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Physical Description |
329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Formatted Contents Note |
Warsaw -- Bialystok -- Settlement Yura -- Turkestan I -- Turkestan II -- The road back -- Poland and Germany -- Paris.
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Summary, Etc. |
"The first middle-grade book from a picture book master-a harrowing, heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from the terrors of war"-- Provided by publisher.
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Summary, Etc. |
From a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of Farrar, Straus and Grioux’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 in Chance. 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.
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Target Audience Note |
Ages 8-14 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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Target Audience Note |
Grades 7-9 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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Subject-Personal Name |
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- Childhood and youth Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Jewish children in the Holocaust Poland Biography Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Personal narratives Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Poland Ethnic relations Juvenile literature.
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Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Added Entry, Personal Name |
Adams, Wesley. editor.
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