No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War - Softcover

"This piercing and graceful account is rewarding for readers of all ages." --"Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A compelling read, delicate yet powerful." --"The Chicago Tribune "Anita Lobel's disturbing memoir is neither sentimental nor exploitative...The memory is raw. The storytelling frames it. The message is that there is no meaning in this suffering." --"The New York Times Book Review "The truth of the child's viewpoint is the strength of this Holocaust survivor story, told with physical immediacy and no 'pride of victimhood.'" --"Booklist (starred review) "Notable both as an account of survival and as a revelation of a remarkable human being...there are moments of description that are intensely visual and vivid, and will not easily be forgotten." --The Horn Book

Anita Lobel was barely five years old when World War II began and the Nazis burst into her home in Krakow, Poland. Her life changed forever. She spent her childhood in hiding with her brother and their nanny, moving from countryside to ghetto to convent--where the Nazis finally caught up with them.Since coming to the United States as a teenager, Anita has spent her life makingpictures. She has never gone back. She has never looked back. Until now.