{"product_id":"the-boy-on-the-wooden-box-how-the-impossible-became-possibleon-schindlers-list-9781442497825","title":"The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible....on Schindler's List","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Much like \u003ci\u003eThe Boy In the Striped Pajamas\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e,\" this remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list, \"brings to readers a story of bravery and the fight for a chance to live\" (\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's list child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with an abundance of dignity and a remarkable lack of rancor and venom, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Wooden Box\u003c\/i\u003e is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442497825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e160814 \/ Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leon Leyson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651169317020,"sku":"9781442497825","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_72bdf4d7-bdd7-4c56-a841-21340dcf8ee6.jpg?v=1603876982","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-boy-on-the-wooden-box-how-the-impossible-became-possibleon-schindlers-list-9781442497825","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}