{"product_id":"chance-escape-from-the-holocaust-memories-of-a-refugee-childhood-9781250370655","title":"Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Harrowing, 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\u003e\"A 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\u003eSCBWI Golden Kite Award Winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Golden Dome Book Award Selection \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10452077\"\u003eUri Shulevitz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 6.04w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250370655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250370655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-JNF\"\u003eJuvenile Nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-JNF025090\"\u003eHistory | Holocaust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-JNF\"\u003eJuvenile Nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-JNF007020\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUri Shulevitz (1935-2025)\u003c\/b\u003e was a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, on February 27, 1935. He began drawing at the age of three and, unlike many children, never stopped. The Warsaw blitz occurred when he was four years old, and the Shulevitz family fled, as chronicled in his acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eChance: Escape from the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e. For eight years they were wanderers, arriving, eventually, in Paris in 1947. There Shulevitz developed an enthusiasm for French comic books, and soon he and a friend started making their own. At thirteen, Shulevitz won first prize in an all-elementary-school drawing competition in Paris's 20th district. In 1949, the family moved to Israel, where Shulevitz worked a variety of jobs: an apprentice at a rubber-stamp shop, a carpenter, and a dog-license clerk at Tel Aviv City Hall. He studied at the Teachers' Institute in Tel Aviv, where he took courses in literature, anatomy, and biology, and also studied at the Art Institute of Tel Aviv. At fifteen, he was the youngest to exhibit in a group drawing show at the Tel Aviv Museum. At 24 he moved to New York City, where he studied painting at Brooklyn Museum Art School and drew illustrations for a publisher of Hebrew books. One day while talking on the telephone, he noticed that his doodles had a fresh and spontaneous look--different from his previous illustrations. This discovery was the beginning of Uri's new approach to his illustrations for\u003ci\u003e The Moon in My Room\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, published in 1963. Since then he has written and illustrated many celebrated children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Arthur Ransome. He has also earned three Caldecott Honors, for \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned Geography\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include \u003ci\u003eOne Monday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Sleepy Story\u003c\/i\u003e and many others. He also wrote the instructional guide \u003ci\u003eWriting with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books.\u003c\/i\u003e Shulevitz's final book, completed shortly before his death in New York City at age eighty-nine, is \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, a narrative nonfiction account of the adventures of his father's brother Yehiel, who ran away from home at age fifteen, journeyed through prewar Europe for a decade, and ended up a member of the Spanish Republican Army and then the Jewish Resistance in Vichy France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827349422219,"sku":"9781250370655","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_90a22fd4-9b36-4d03-ba21-22b2cc92950e.jpg?v=1755530639","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/chance-escape-from-the-holocaust-memories-of-a-refugee-childhood-9781250370655","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}