Reviews

The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible....on Schindler's List, by Leon Leyson

reading_books1245's review against another edition

4.0

This book was assigned for a class and normally the books picked out by school are boring and bland. This time though, I actually enjoyed reading it. I felt like I was there with these people with the way the author wrote it. In school normally we read in class, but we didn't this time so maybe that's why I enjoyed it a little more than usual. I took a sick day to my advantage and finished this book but not my schoolwork, so I think that says a bit about this. Overall, I loved this book and would reccomend it to most mature people.

milana_andrade's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

1.0

I don’t like rating memoirs, but based on the entertainment level, this is a 1⭐️. There was barely any dialogue, and I NEED dialogue to enjoy a book. All I was thinking about while reading the book, is that I wanted it to be over. I feel bad giving it a 1 star, because everyone really loves it, but I’m just trying to be honest.

hannaww's review against another edition

5.0

A very powerful book with a really horrible story. It's touching and scary but such a good evidence on how terrible the holocaust was.

barbie16's review against another edition

5.0

A moving personal account from Leon Leyson about his survival of the Jewish Holocaust, with thanks to Oskar Schindler. I don't know much about Oskar Schindler, now I'd like to read a biography, but I really applaud a story that shows off the little, but still there, humanity of Germans in this time period, a Nazi no less. If it wasn't for Schindler, Leon and all of his remaining family in the camps would have died, plain and simple. I am glad Leon, who was very hesitant to talk about his experiences, came forward because I think his, and subsequently Schindler's, story is important. I think children who have read Number the Stars will find this a perfect continuation for their WWII/Jewish Holocaust knowledge.

ashleymae's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad

4.5

elodie2711's review against another edition

5.0

Je suis plutôt du genre à intérioriser mes émotions mais avec ce livre je dois avouer que j'ai versé un petit paquet de larmes, surtout vers la fin.
L'auteur a fait un merveilleux travail de retranscription de l'horreur qu'il a vécu, avec des mots simples qui vont droit au coeur. C'est un livre qui touchera tous les publics, jeunes et moins jeunes, et qui est une formidable ode à la vie.
J'ai apprécié les références au film La Liste de Schindler, que j'ai adoré.
En bref, un livre à mette entre toutes les mains, surtout les plus jeunes !

sampinter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

kori_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

irenecas's review against another edition

5.0

MA-RA-VI-LLO-SO. Había leído libros sobre Auschwitz y los campos de concentración, pero nunca había visto esta historia desde el punto de vista de un judío que vivió en el guetto de Cracovia, y que fue parte de la lista Schindler, película de gran repercusión. Me ha emocionado de principio a fin. 100% recomendable

awhipp17's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

it's hard to make time and space for these kind of books you know will rip your heart out. i also feel like if i've read a couple books and seen a couple movies and learned about it in school and on the news, i think i'm all set in learning about the Holocaust. but this was maybe the best book i've read. yes, it's for young adults, but that just makes it accessible. he answers every question i ever had in my mind when reading/learning about this subject. "why did/didn't the Jewish people do X?", "how could X have happened to them?", "why didn't they flee at the first signs of war?", "people treated them better after the war, surely", and on and on. such a simple storytelling, so honest, and so humble. i may have just had better context for things upon this Holocaust reading, but honestly this was the most useful of the books on the subject i've read. thank you Leon for sharing your story, and thank you Oskar Schindler for sticking your neck out when you didn't have to.