How the World Was

HOW THE WORD WAS by Emmanuel Guibert. First Second, 2014.

A simpler time? Or
Was it really? Nothing is
As it seems to be.

Laughing at my Nightmare

LAUGHING AT MY NIGHTMARE by Shane Burcaw. Roaring Brook, October 2014.

Do not assume you
Know about Shane until you
Read his own story.

How I discovered poetry

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY by Marilyn Nelson. Dial, 2014.

Moving place to place
Trying to fit in, finding
A voice of her own.

The Boy on the Wooden Box

THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX: HOW THE IMPOSSIBLE BECAME POSSIBLE ON SCHINDLER'S LIST by Leon Leyson with Marilyn Harran and Elizabeth Leyson. Atheneum, 2013.


Leon Leyson was one of them: one of the many saved by the generosity of Oskar Schindler. This memoir takes readers back to the time of the Holocaust, a tme when simply being Jewish could mean death. Leon and his family certainly faced extermination without the assistance of Schindler and others who put their lives at risk to save others. Leyson's first person account makes this read immediate and powerful.