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Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage

Tilar J. Mazzeo

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The story 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 now adapted for a younger audience.
Irena Sendler was a young Polish woman living in Warsaw during World War II. Irena smuggled thousands of children out of the walled Jewish ghetto in toolboxes and coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through the dank sewers and into secret passages that led to abandoned buildings, where she convinced her friends and underground resistance network to hide them.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Release: September 27, 2016

ISBN: 1481449915

ISBN 13: 9781481449915

Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage

Tilar J. Mazzeo

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The story 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 now adapted for a younger audience.
Irena Sendler was a young Polish woman living in Warsaw during World War II. Irena smuggled thousands of children out of the walled Jewish ghetto in toolboxes and coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through the dank sewers and into secret passages that led to abandoned buildings, where she convinced her friends and underground resistance network to hide them.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Release: September 27, 2016

ISBN: 1481449915

ISBN 13: 9781481449915

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