Chance

Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older ReadersA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020A New York Times Best Children''s Book of 2020Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020Booklist Best Books of 2020Horn Book Fanfare 2020 BooklistChicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020Jewish Journal Twenty of the Best 2020 (Non-Holiday) Jewish Books for KidsA National Jewish Book Award 2020 Finalist for Middle Grade FictionA 2021 Golden Dome Book Award Selection“Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest.” —Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review“A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years.” —The Wall Street JournalFrom a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story. With backlist sales of over 2. 3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of Farrar, Straus and Giroux’s most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.