The Crystal Beads, Lalka's Journey

A powerful and heartwarming story of courage, identity, and faith during the Holocaust—told through the eyes of a child.

The Crystal Beads: Lalka’s Journey is an award-winning historical picture book based on true events that took place in Nazi-occupied Poland. When a young Jewish girl named Lalka is sent away by her mother to live in a Catholic orphanage, she clings to two items: a delicate rosary and a small crystal-bead bracelet—symbols of the identities she must carry in a world of fear ...