Written by Uri Orlev
Translated by Hillel Halkim
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Awards: Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner 2004
Genre: Chapter book, Translated Book
Theme: Survival, Seperation, Jewish Persecution
Summary: This book explores the trial of a young boy who is a Polish Jew. He gets seperated from his family during the time of the Jewish round up in occupied Poland. Young Srulik takes off from his hometown in search of his family, but must overcome several obstacles along the way.
Book usage: Use this book as part of an intercurriculum lesson plan discussing the Jewish Holocaust and how it affected families throughout the world. It can be use to aid in studies on diversity.
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