TY - BOOK N2 - 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 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. AB - 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 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. T1 - Irena's children :a true story of courage / AU - Mazzeo, Tilar J., AU - Farrell, Mary Cronk, AU - Torok, Shana, ET - Young readers edition. CN - D804.34 CN - D804.34 ID - 1358041 KW - Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Jewish children in the Holocaust KW - Jews KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Jewish children in the Holocaust KW - Jews KW - World War, 1939-1945 SN - 9781481449915 SN - 1481449915 SN - 9781476778501 SN - 1476778507 SN - 9781481449922 SN - 1481449923 SN - 9781481489713 SN - 1481489712 SN - 9781338135558 SN - 1338135554 TI - Irena's children :a true story of courage / ER -