Irena's children : a true story of courage / by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell.

Author/creator Mazzeo, Tilar J. author.
Other author Farrell, Mary Cronk, author.
Other author Torok, Shana, illustrator.
Format Book
EditionYoung readers edition.
PublicationNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Descriptionxiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Sendler, Irena, 1910-2008--Juvenile literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews. --Rescue. --Poland. --Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. --Juvenile literature.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland. --Warsaw. --Juvenile literature.
Jews--Poland. --Warsaw. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland. --Warsaw. --Juvenile literature.
Warsaw (Poland)--Biography. --Juvenile literature.

Contents Introduction -- Prologue -- War -- Occupation -- Resistance -- Segregated and isolated -- Life in the ghetto -- Raising the stakes -- Expanding operations -- Rumors -- Deportation -- Selektions -- Time running out -- Crisis -- Toward the precipice -- The ghetto uprising -- Gestapo raid -- Pawiak Prison -- Execution -- Irena goes underground -- After the war.
Abstract A gripping account of Irena Sendler, who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).
Audience 1000 Lexile
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2016004169
ISBN9781481449915 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1481449915 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN(eBook)
ISBN9781476778501 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1476778507 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781481449922
ISBN1481449923
ISBN1481449931
ISBN9781481449939

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