The Thousands of Lives of Irena Sendler

A poignant graphic novel about compassion, courage, and heroism, based on real events. World War II. Irena works in social services and does what she can to help Jews survive: she finds them clothes, food, and medicine.... But one day... she misses the opportunity to save a child. This drives her to a desperate step: together with like-minded individuals, she begins to smuggle Jewish children out of the ghetto and hide them in foster families under new names... This inspiring artistic reimagining of the life and feat of Irena Sendler, a Polish Resistance activist who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. Irena Sendler was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations, was honored with the Order of the White Eagle, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize. Who is this book for? For comic book lovers. For children and adults who love touching stories. For those who want to learn more about the heroes of World War II.