The Boy on the Wooden Box
Also known as The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List
A book for ages 11 and up about Leon Leyson
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- A book about Leon Leyson, by Leon Leyson.
Why it matters
- For families listening together with children aged 11 and up.
Key facts
- Ages
- 11 and up; Common Sense Media 11+ (publisher 9-17)1
- Audiobook read by
- Danny Burstein2
- Audiobook length
- 4 h 14 min2
- Published
- 2013, Atheneum1
- Content to know about
- Holocaust: Jews shot by German soldiers, severe beatings, near-starvation, constant fear of death; his brother forced to exhume mass graves. Not graphic or gory; no language, sex or substances.1
Connections
Written by
- Leon Leyson
Links
Sources
- The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List: age range and content (Common Sense Media) (opens commonsensemedia.org)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List: audiobook (naperville.overdrive.com) (opens naperville.overdrive.com)
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