Four Perfect Pebbles: - A Holocaust Story

The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan''s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. "The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what''s said and in what is left out."--ALA Booklist (starred review) Marion Blumenthal Lazan''s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler''s rise to power, the Blumenthal family--father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert--were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive. Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults'' Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. "A harrowing and often moving account."-- School Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Marian B. Lazan, Marion Blumenthal Lazan, Lila Perl
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.1996
• EAN: 9780688142940
• ISBN: 978-0-688-14294-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Music, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Political, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Religion / Judaism, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Holocaust, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Europe, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Modern