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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust

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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust
By Uri Shulevitz,
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020.

Caldecott Award winner, Uri Shulevitz does not consider himself a Holocaust survivor but an escapee. Uri and his family began an eight-year journey that took them from the terror of Warsaw as the Nazis invaded to the freezing, desolate forests of the Soviet Union, and back again through many twists and turns. During this odyssey, he experienced the intense pain of prolonged hunger, the confusion of a missing a parent, and the heartache of friends turned enemies overnight. Amidst all the trials, Uri also experienced the beginning of his artistic career as he would find charcoal to draw on whatever surface he could. Art became a saving outlet for Uri through the nightmares.

In this middle-grade memoir, Shulevitz invites you to join him as he discovers his passion for art while he fights to survive one of the darkest times of history. HIs dreamlike illustrations soften one of the many tragic stories of the people impacted by World War II and the Nazi regime. Through his personal narrative, children and parents alike will learn of determination, family loyalty, courage, joy, and luck. 

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