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Summary: Latest Awards for Passage to Freedom
Review: *1998 ALA Notable Book *Winner, Parents' Choice Award *Winner, Parenting Reading Magic Award *Winner, Teachers' Choices Award, International Reading Association *Winner, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Award *Winner, Society of School Librarians International Best Books, K-6 Social Studies *1998-1999 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List *1998 NCTE Notable in Language Arts *"Pick of the Lists," American Bookseller *Starred Review, Publishers Weekly *"Editors' Choice," San Francisco Chronicle *"Choices," Cooperative Children's Book Center *Notable Books for Children, Smithsonian *Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies *Notable Book for a Global Society, International Reading Association *Finalist, Jewish Book Award *Finalist, 1999 Utah Children's Book Award *Finalist, 1999 Arizona Young Readers' Award
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Summary: Awards & Honors for Passage to Freedom
Review: - 1998 ALA Notable Book- Winner, Parents' Choice Award - Winner, Parenting Reading Magic Award - Winner, Teachers' Choices Award, International Reading Association - Winner, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Award - Winner, Society of School Librarians International Best Books, K-6 Social Studies - 1998-1999 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List - 1998 NCTE Notable in Language Arts - "Pick of the Lists," American Bookseller * Starred Review, Publishers Weekly - "Editors' Choice," San Francisco Chronicle - "Choices," Cooperative Children's Book Center - Notable Books for Children, Smithsonian - Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies - Notable Book for a Global Society, International Reading Association - Finalist, Jewish Book Award - Finalist, 1999 Utah Children's Book Award - Finalist, 1999 Arizona Young Readers' Award
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Summary: A very important book for children and adults.
Review: A wonderful book, with an important story. Mr. Sugihara was one of those Japanese who do not follow sheepishly every instruction given to him by his government, and thank God! Using his conscience and humanitarian spirit, he helped saved the lives of many Jews, and he did this by disobeying instructions of his own government, which at that time in history was allied with the Nazis. Not only does this story deserve to be told, it needs to be told to an international audience. Mr. Mochizuki has written one of the most important children's books of the 20th century! Bravo!
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Summary: It's a great book
Review: I'm a 6th grade student who likes to read. I thought the book was interesting. It had good illustrations. If you don't know what a visa is in this story it's like a passport. I don't want to spoil the story for you so I won't tell you anymore of the story.
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Summary: This is a wonderful book.
Review: It should be required reading for U.S. immigration and consular officials. Having lawful orders to obey (Sugihara's instructions from his government were lawful, and no different from instructions given to US officials) does not absolve one from responsibility for others. This is an important lesson for children and adults. The illustrations are haunting. It is a book that you and your children will not soon forget.
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Summary: Each of us can make a difference
Review: Ken Mochizuki's excellent telling of the events during the early days of WWII when Chiune Sugihara saved thousand of Jews by giving them visas. In a dark period of Japanese history, one man, a Japanese diplomat, listened to his conscience, discussed the consequences with his wife and children, and chose to do the right thing. After the Russians took over Lithuania, Sugihara was forced to close the Japanese Embassy, but he continued writing visas until the last possible moment. Dom Lee's muted and detailed illustrations superbly enhance the story. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Librarian
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Summary: A real hero
Review: Ken Mochizuki's excellent telling of the events during the early days of WWII when Chiune Sugihara saved thousand of Jews by giving them visas. In a dark period of Japanese history, one man, a Japanese diplomat, listened to his conscience, discussed the consequences with his wife and children, and chose to do the right thing. After the Russians took over Lithuania, Sugihara was forced to close the Japanese Embassy, but he continued writing visas until the last possible moment. Dom Lee's muted and detailed illustrations superbly enhance the story.
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Summary: The pen is mightier than the sword
Review: Literally, in this story. I emphasize that saying to our young readers, and the fact that Consul Sugihara and his family saved over 6,000 lives with just pen, paper, and a willingness to help strangers who came to their door.
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Summary: Awards and Reviews
Review: PASSAGE TO FREEDOM is aWinner of the 1997 Parenting magazine Reading-Magic Award. It also won a "Starred" review from Publishers Weekly and was named a "Pick of the Lists" selection by American Bookseller magazine, which calls the book "a powerful story that needs to be told."
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Summary: Recent Reviews
Review: School Library Journal writes: "For children, this sotry will be a lesson in courage and conscience and a valuable addition to Holocaust materials. For those who have some knowledge of the Japanese/German Axis pact, the remarkable actions of Consul Chiune Sugihara carry an added dimension of heroism and brotherhood above and beyond political pressures."Booklist writes: "Lee's stirring mixed-media illustrations in sepia shades are humane and beautiful; they capture the intensity of those days‹‹when the crowds were at the gate and one man wrote and wrote the visas by handfrom the child's viewpoint. The immediacy of he narrative will grab kids' interest."
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