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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary and gripping account 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. In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While there, she reached out to the trapped Jewish families, going from door to door and asking the parents to trust her with...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
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. This young readers edition of Irena's Children tells Irena's 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...
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