A bag of marbles

Resource Information

The work A bag of marbles represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A bag of marbles

Statement of responsibility

based on the memoir by Joseph Joffo ; adapted by Kris ; illustrated by Vincent Bailly ; translated by Edward Gauvin

Creator

• Kris, 1972-

Contributor

• Gauvin, Edward
• Joffo, Joseph
• Bailly, Vincent

Author

• Kris, 1972-

Illustrator

• Bailly, Vincent

Translator

• Gauvin, Edward

Subject

• Bandes dessinées
• Cartoon
• Cartoons (Humor)
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Dessins humoristiques
• Fiction
• France
• France -- History -- 1940-1945, German occupation -- Comic books, strips, etc
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
• Graphic novels
• Graphic novels
• Historical fiction
• Holocaust, 1939-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France -- Fiction
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France -- Juvenile fiction
• Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- France -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Jews -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Jews -- France -- Fiction
• Joffo, Joseph
• Joffo, Joseph -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Joffo, Joseph -- Fiction
• Joffo, Joseph -- Juvenile fiction
• Joffo, Maurice
• Joffo, Maurice -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Joffo, Maurice -- Fiction
• Joffo, Maurice -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction
• Young adult fiction
• cartoons (humorous images)
• Graphic novels
• 1939-1945

Genre

• Comic books, strips, etc
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Dessins humoristiques
• Fiction
• Graphic novels
• Historical fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Cartoon
• Young adult fiction
• cartoons (humorous images)
• Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Cartoons (Humor)
• Bandes dessinées

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbership. 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. --

Member of

• Sac de billes

Assigning source

From amazon.com

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• GN390L
• Decoding: 5 (very hard)
• Vocabulary: 5 (very hard)
• Sentences: 4 (hard)
• Patterns: 5 (very hard)

Intended audience source

• lexile
• Lexile

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Reading level

• 3.3.
• 2.8

Study program name

• Reading Counts RC
• Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

adolescent