The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List

In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto.

Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory--a list that became world renowned: Schindler's List.

This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancor, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr. Leyson's telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/27/2013
ISBN: 9781442497818
Pages: 231
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 7.69h x 5.74w x 0.88d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Christopher Awards - Finalist
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/01/2013
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013
Booklist 09/01/2013 pg. 65
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 133
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 117
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 160814 / Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7