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Irena's children : a true story of courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Title:
Irena's children : a true story of courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Author:
Mazzeo, Tilar J., author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Young readers edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2016]

©2016
Physical Description:
xiv, 257 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
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.
General Note:
Young reader's edition of: Irena's children :the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo. New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
Language:
English
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.1 9.0 184410.
ISBN:
9781481449915

9781481449922
Format :
Book