Bibliograph

Irena's children, a true story of courage, by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell

Type

Label

Irena's children, a true story of courage, by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 to 14

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 5 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Irena's children

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

936433341

Responsibility statement

by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell

Sub title

a true story of courage

Summary

Presents the story of a Holocaust rescuer to reveal the formidable risks she took to her own safety to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II

Table Of 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification

Contributor

Creator