From New York Times bestselling author Tilar Mazzeo comes the extraordinary and long forgotten
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
with an incredible story of survival and selflessness. And she's been long forgotten by
history.Until now.This young readers edition of Irena's Children tells Irena's unbelievable
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 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.In this heroic tale of survival and resilience in
the face of impossible odds Tilar Mazzeo and adapter Mary Cronk Farrell share the true story
of this bold and brave woman overlooked by history who risked her life to save innocent
children from the horrors of the Holocaust.
