Irena's Children
A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: Young readers edition.
Description: xiv, 257 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
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.
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Juvenile literature.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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.
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Juvenile literature.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
9781481449915
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| C BIOGRAPHY Sendlerowa, Irena | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
| C BIOGRAPHY Sendlerowa, Irena | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
| C BIOGRAPHY Sendlerowa, Irena | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
| C BIOGRAPHY Sendlerowa, Irena | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
| C BIOGRAPHY Sendlerowa, Irena | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).
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