{"product_id":"four-perfect-pebbles-a-holocaust-story-9780688142940","title":"Four Perfect Pebbles:: A Holocaust Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarion 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour Perfect Pebbles\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"--\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwillow Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688142940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/1996 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1996 pg. 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1996 pg. 1361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1996 pg. 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Notable Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 1298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 1308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1997 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1996 pg. 380 - Recommended, Satisfactory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e58893 \/ Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643956232373,"sku":"9780688142940","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_22b3aaf2-d368-454a-8d5b-14cd62cd1cfd.jpg?v=1708445263","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/four-perfect-pebbles-a-holocaust-story-9780688142940","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}