The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey A. Shulevitz, Shulevitz,**

Name: The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey A. Shulevitz, Shulevitz,**
Brand: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

From celebrated Caldecott Award\u0096winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz comes the gripping and revealing true story of a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe.\nBorn in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at the borders of his hometown of Zyrard\u00F3w, Poland, and at the rules set in place by his restrictive parents. Brimming with a desire for true adventure, he leaves home at fifteen-and-a-half years old to seek his future elsewhere. Little does Yehiel know, he\u0092ll never see his parents again.\nHis journey takes him beyond Polish borders, to Austria, Croatia, France, and Spain. With no money and no ID papers, he often sleeps under the stars, with only the sky as his blanket. But even wayfaring Yehiel can\u0092t outrun the evil spreading across\n\nThe Sky Was My Blanket\nA Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail t;