Irena's children : a true story of courage

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/creator	Farrell, Mary Cronk, author.
Other author/creator	Torok, Shana, illustrator.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	Young readers edition.
Publication Info	New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2016]
Copyright Notice	©2016
Description	xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Sendlerowa, 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 note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).
Audience	1000 Lexile
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2016004169
ISBN	9781481449915 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1481449915 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(eBook)
ISBN	9781476778501 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1476778507 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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ISBN	1481449923
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