Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature

A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes experiences the city's many holiday sights, and encounters it various residents. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world. This is a heartwarming, timeless picture book.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 09/08/2015
ISBN: 9781596439498
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.80h x 11.00w x 0.40d
Award: National Jewish Book Award - Winner
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 176661 / Oskar and the Eight Blessings
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5