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Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
Contributor(s): Mazzeo, Tilar J. (Author)

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ISBN: 1410493105 ISBN-13: 9781410493101
Publisher: Thorndike Press

OUR PRICE: $33.24

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2016
* Out of Print *

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | Holocaust

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2016033454

Lexile Measure: 1000(Not Available)

Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.6" L (1.50 lbs) 507 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Holocaust
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe

Features: Bibliography, Large Print

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 184410
Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0

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Publisher Description:
From "New York Times" bestselling author Tilar Mazzeo comes the extraordinary and long forgotten story of Irena Sendler the female Oskar Schindler who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II now adapted for a younger audience.
Irena Sendler was a young Polish woman living in Warsaw during World War II with an incredible story of survival and selflessness. And she s been long forgotten by history.
Until now.
This young readers edition of "Irena s Children" tells Irena s unbelievable story set during one of the worst times in modern history. With guts of steel and unfaltering bravery, Irena smuggled thousands of children out of the walled Jewish ghetto in toolboxes and coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through the dank sewers and into secret passages that led to abandoned buildings, where she convinced her friends and underground resistance network to hide them.
In this heroic tale of survival and resilience in the face of impossible odds, Tilar Mazzeo and adapter Mary Cronk Farrell share the true story of this bold and brave woman, overlooked by history, who risked her life to save innocent children from the horrors of the Holocaust."

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