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Irena's Children: Young Readers Edition
By MAZZEO, Tilar J.
- ISBN
- 9781481449915
- Publisher
- S. & S. Margaret K. McElderry Bks.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2016 | Middle to High School
Gr 6–10—Irena Sendler, a righteous Gentile who rescued approximately 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto, is the focus of this volume. Sendler's father, a Catholic doctor who treated Jews others turned away, grew up speaking Yiddish with close Jewish friends. Her senior role at a government agency positioned her to offer help following the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland. Sendler and an inner circle of trusted friends, Jewish and Christian alik...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
Irena Sendler was a Christian Polish woman who rescued thousands of Jewish children during WWII. The emotion-filled, narrative-style text include...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
