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No Pretty Pictures : A Child of War
No Pretty Pictures A Child of War
Author: Anita Lobel
Nominated for a 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War is Anita Lobel's gripping memoir of surviving the Holocaust. A Caldecott-winning illustrator of such delightful picture books as On Market Street, it is difficult to believe Lobel endured the horrific childhood she...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380732852
ISBN-10: 0380732858
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 208
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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3.8 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
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Fantastic. This book just didn't stop and I literally could not put it down. It is pretty short, so I finished it in a day. This is an extremely well written account of a child who grows up during WWII. It was a completely different perspective than other holocaust books and it was a true account of this child's experience. I really loved it.
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The book is written from a Jewish child's viewpoint; being captured long with her brother during WWII in Poland. Loebel's account tells much about the camps & environment that she & her brother encountered. Both contracted tubercolis, were taken to Sweden to recover. Loebel shares of their recovery process; and then to return again to Poland. She tells about her parents & their account, which is somewhat different than the children's experience during WWII. The book is a quick read, well worth time reading. It is different in that it is written from a child's experience as she matured to a teenager during the war.


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