Irena's Jars of Secrets
by Marcia Vaughan
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Pub Date Nov 15 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
Motivated by conscience and armed with compassion and a belief in human dignity, Irena Sendler confronted an enormous moral challenge and proved to the world that an ordinary person can accomplish deeds of extraordinary courage.
Advance Praise
"Irena
Sendler is enshrined at Yad Vashem as "righteous among nations" for her courage
in rescuing Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. . . . Finding a way to
impart even a small understanding of the Holocaust to children is a task
fraught with difficulties: How can anyone comprehend such insanity? Vaughan
tells the true story without embellishment, employing stark, unadorned syntax
that never wavers into pathos, sentiment or myth. It is a definition of quiet heroism.
Mazellan's very dark, deeply shadowed oil paintings capture the unabated terror
and sorrow. Children should read this work with an adult who is armed with some
knowledge of the material. Powerful."
-Kirkus Reviews
"A fine piece of historical storytelling, with brisk, reportorial prose and shadowy, impressionistic oil paintings that offer gripping testimony to the full horror and high stakes of the times." -Publisher's Weekly
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781600604393 |
PRICE | $18.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 40 |