Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl


Four Perfect Pebbles
Title : Four Perfect Pebbles
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ISBN : 153116093X
ISBN-10 : 9781531160937
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 160
Publication : Published January 1, 2016

The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan's acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. "The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what's said and in what is left out."--ALA Booklist (starred review)

Marion Blumenthal Lazan's unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler's rise to power, the Blumenthal family--father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert--were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive.

Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults' Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. "A harrowing and often moving account."--School Library Journal

Four Perfect Pebbles Reviews

  • Amy Clark

    Glad it ended the book and the Holocaust

  • Jennifer Keaney

    A moving and personal account of a Jewish family during the Holocaust. A story of hope and survival.

  • Lauren

    This firsthand account was moving, informative, and easy to read. The pictures and prose from Marion and her mother roped you in. I learned more from this book than I did in school about this horrific time.

  • Elizabeth

    i hope that everybody reads this book one day

  • Keshia Burchette

    I cannot imagine what Marion and her family as well as so many others went through. This story is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.

  • bex

    I liked this book, but I read it for school, so the way I was forced to read it/test on it was irritating. But no hate for this book will be accepted ✋

  • Shelby Theut

    Took me forever to finish lol, I have a habit of starting too many books, so now no more than 3 at a time, lol

    It was a good read, though! Very educating on the Holocaust.