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
