The Boy On The Wooden Box Blog

I'm currently reading a book called The Boy on the Wooden Box. The book is about a 10 year old boy named Leon Leyson who is the youngest survivor on Schindler's list. The book talks about Leon's life and survival in the holocaust with his family who were also on Schindler's list. So far on the book Leon is desperate and relieved that he made it into Schindler's list where he had a higher chance on surviving. He wasn't the only on to be on the list but also his parents and his only sibling who was alive. The book is truly amazing and emotional in almost every page.


The most interesting part in my reading is when Leon finally found his dad and brother who were hiding from the guards. He then learned that his parents and sibling were in Schindler's list where it could change his way in surviving but had to tell his mother. So he disguised as a women because of his hair and finally found her in a bed. He told her the great news and then ran back to the ghetto. This was interesting because for a 10 year old, he had the guts and the brains to sneak in the women section of the ghetto and being brave about sneaking it even tough he knew the consequences he would face if he were caught.

There are many problems that Leon had in the book and I've list 3 of his problems. His first problem is trying to take care of himself. This could harm him because since he's 10 he is too young to know how he should take care of himself by not getting into trouble or to do what he's supposed to do. Another problem is that he has to find his family because he doesn't want random strangers trying to take care of him. He knows that he needs his family in order to survive. His final problem is trying to make it to Schindler's list and this is one of his biggest problems because since his family in the list, he has to in order to survive because Schindler is trying to hep the Jews escape from the ghetto. This is also a huge problem because if he doesn't make it he would have to leave his family forever and could possibly die in the ghetto without his family with him.

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