Irena's War
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Irena's War

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Irena's War

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"Shipman dazzles in this historical tour-de-force based on the real-life story of WWII Polish resistance fighter Irena Sendler... spellbinding." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Based on the gripping true story of an unlikely Polish resistance fighter who helped save thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, bestselling author James D. Shipman's Irena's War is a heart-pounding novel of courage in action, helmed by an extraordinary and unforgettable protagonist. September 1939: The conquering Nazis swarm through Warsaw as social worker Irena Sendler watches in dread from her apartment window. Already, the city's poor go hungry. Irena wonders how she will continue to deliver food and supplies to those who need it most, including the forbidden Jews. The answer comes unexpectedly. Dragged from her home in the night, Irena is brought before a Gestapo agent, Klaus Rein, who offers her a position running the city's soup kitchens, all to maintain the illusion of order. Though loath to be working under the Germans, Irena learns there are ways to defy her new employer—including forging documents so that Jewish families receive food intended for Aryans. As Irena grows bolder, her interactions with Klaus become more fraught and perilous. Klaus is unable to prove his suspicions against Irena—yet. But once Warsaw's half-million Jews are confined to the ghetto, awaiting slow starvation or the death camps, Irena realizes that providing food is no longer enough. Recruited by the underground Polish resistance organization Zegota, she carries out an audacious scheme to rescue Jewish children. One by one, they are smuggled out in baskets and garbage carts, or led through dank sewers to safety—every success raising Klaus's ire. Determined to quell the uprising, he draws Irena into a cat-and-mouse game that will test her in every way—and where the slightest misstep could mean not just her own death, but the slaughter of those innocents she is so desperate to save.

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Publisher
Kensington Books
Year
2020
ISBN
9781496723895
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1 - War
  8. Chapter 2 - Endings and Beginnings
  9. Chapter 3 - Captured
  10. Chapter 4 - A New Poland
  11. Chapter 5 - Irena Rising
  12. Chapter 6 - A Confrontation
  13. Chapter 7 - Closing In
  14. Chapter 8 - He’s Here
  15. Chapter 9 - A World Away
  16. Chapter 10 - A Problem of Calories
  17. Chapter 11 - Crossing the Rubicon
  18. Chapter 12 - New Ventures
  19. Chapter 13 - Kaji
  20. Chapter 14 - Eyes from the Mountaintop
  21. Chapter 15 - Betrayed
  22. Chapter 16 - Escape
  23. Chapter 17 - The Dance of the Umschlagplatz
  24. Chapter 18 - A New Plan
  25. Chapter 19 - New Friends
  26. Chapter 20 - A Desperate Chance
  27. Chapter 21 - Tea in Hell
  28. Chapter 22 - The End
  29. Chapter 23 - Empty Jaws
  30. Chapter 24 - Rise Up
  31. Chapter 25 - The Bright Light
  32. Chapter 26 - A Desperate Plan
  33. Chapter 27 - A Flight in Darkness
  34. Chapter 28 - Peter
  35. Chapter 29 - Anguish
  36. Chapter 30 - Revenge
  37. Chapter 31 - The Dark Dance
  38. Chapter 32 - A Woman’s Strength
  39. Chapter 33 - New Horizons
  40. Chapter 34 - Checkmate
  41. Chapter 35 - Bitter Endings
  42. Author’s Note - Information About Characters
  43. Further Reading
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. IRENA’S WAR
  46. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS