The Boy on the Wooden Box

The Boy on the Wooden Box - Leon Leyson 
Age Range: 9 - 14 years
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Lexile Measure: 1000L
Bios & Memoirs  Personal Memoirs
The Boy on the Wooden Box
By: Leon Leyson, Marilyn J. Harran (contributor)
Narrated by: Danny Burstein
Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-27-13
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Publisher's Summary
Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only 10 years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory - a list that became world renowned: Schindler's List.
This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancour, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr Leyson's telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read.