The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List
Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2013:For readers ages 11 and up, Leon Leyson’s remarkable memoir,The Boy on the Wooden Box, is the moving account of a happy childhood shattered by the Holocaust. Leyson was fortunate enough to survive, thanks largely to Oskar Schindler. As the youngest member of Schindler’s list, Leyson offers a unique perspective on the man who became his lifelong hero and his first-hand account of day-to-day existence in the factory--which did not alleviate the fear or deprivation--and his personal interaction with Schindler is powerful and special.The Boy on the Wooden Boxis an important work, helping mature young readers understand the Holocaust through the life of a young person who lived it. --Seira Wilson