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Author:

Mazzeo, Tilar J., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

Young readers edition.

Publisher:

Margaret K. McElderry Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Sendlerowa, Irena,--1910-2008--Juvenile literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Poland--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Juvenile literature.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Warsaw--Warsaw--Juvenile literature.
Jews--Warsaw--Warsaw--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Warsaw--Warsaw--Juvenile literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Jews--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Warsaw.--Warsaw.
Women--Biography.
Warsaw (Poland)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.

Other Authors:

Farrell, Mary Cronk, author.
Torok, Shana, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

Presents the story of a Holocaust rescuer to reveal the formidable risks she took to her own safety to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

ISBN:

1481449923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781481449922 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1481449915 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781481449915 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2016004169

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