Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780374313715)

Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older Readers
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020
A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2020
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020
Booklist Best Books of 2020
Horn Book Fanfare 2020 Booklist
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020
Jewish Journal Twenty of the Best 2020 (Non-Holiday) Jewish Books for Kids
A National Jewish Book Award 2020 Finalist for Middle Grade Fiction
A 2021 Golden Dome Book Award Selection

"Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest." --Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review
"A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years." --The Wall Street Journal

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 Giroux'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.

Author: Uri Shulevitz
ISBN-10: 0374313717
ISBN-13: 9780374313715
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.40w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512279 / Chance: Escape from the Holocaust

Award: Golden Kite - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/13/2020
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2020
Booklist 08/01/2020 pg. 52
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2020
School Library Journal 11/01/2020 pg. 86
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2020 pg. 133
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style