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One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust

One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust

Book cover of: One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust.

Written by: Michael Rosen.

Illustrated by: Benjamin Phillips.

From an eminent storyteller, this powerful, simply told, beautifully illustrated picture book recounts a rare story of survival during the Holocaust.

One day, a Hungarian-French Jew and his father were rounded up by Nazis and brought to a prison camp. One day, they tried to escape, and failed. One day, they tried to escape, and succeeded. In a true story that resonates with his own family legacy, Michael Rosen, one of today’s most esteemed poets and authors of books for children, draws on the real-life account of Eugène Handschuh, who escaped with his father from a convoy headed from Nazi-occupied Paris to Auschwitz. At once honest, approachable, and speaking to the resilience of hope, ONE DAY features sensitive illustrations by award-winning artist Benjamin Phillips, as well as a note from the author providing historical context. (From GoodReads.)

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