03211cam a2200553 i 4500 623824590 TxAuBib 20170801120000.0 130208s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013002284 9781467707008 library binding; alkaline paper 1467707007 library binding; alkaline paper 9781467715164 paperback 1467715166 paperback (OCoLC)851347225 TxAuBib rda eng fre Kris, 1972- Sac de billes English. A Bag of Marbles / Based on the memoir by Joseph Joffo ; Adapted by Kris ; Illustrated by Vincent Bailly ; Translated by Edward Gauvin. First American edition. Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2013. 126 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop. This is the day that will changes their lives forever. With the German occupation threatening their family's safety, the boys' parents decide Maurice and Joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Surviving the long journey will take every scrap of ingenuity and courage they can muster. If they hope to elude the Nazis, they must never, under any circumstances, admit to being Jewish. The boys travel by train, ferry, and on foot, facing threats from strangers and receiving help from unexpected quarters. Along the way they must adapt to the unfamiliar strangers and receiving help from unexpected quarters. Along the way they must adapt to the unfamiliar world beyond their city and find a way to be true to themselves even as they conceal their identities. Based on an autobiographical novel by Joseph Joffo and adapted with the author's input, this true story offers a harrowing but inspiring glimpse of a childhood cut short. -- From amazon.com. GN390L Lexile. Decoding demand: 88 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 61 (high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile. Reading Counts RC 3.3. Accelerated Reader AR 2.8 1.0 159615. Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 2.8 1 159615. 20170801. Joffo, Joseph Juvenile fiction. Joffo, Maurice Juvenile fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) France Juvenile fiction. Jews France Juvenile fiction. France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft Graphic novels. lcgft Fiction. lcgft Bailly, Vincent, illustrator. Gauvin, Edward, translator. Joffo, Joseph. Sac de billes. TXKPL