The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe

by Uri Shulevitz

From celebrated Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz comes the gripping and revealing true story of a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe.

Born in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at the borders of his hometown of Żyrard w, Poland, and at the rules set in place by his restrictive parents. Brimming with a desire for true adventure, he leaves home at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374392463
• ISBN13: 9780374392468
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9