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bruhnette's review against another edition
4.0
I first heard of Irena Sendler about 10 years ago while reading an article about her with my middle school students. I was immediately drawn to this incredible woman who helped save the lives of thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust. I enjoyed this book even without having read Book 1.. This graphic novel takes the reader back and forth from the near-present to the 1940s when Irena was rescuing children from the Warsaw Ghetto. The illustrations and text work together to teach children about a real-life hero named Irena. There is a third volume of the story yet to come.
dustyloup's review against another edition
4.0
Even though it's for kids, they don't hold back on the horrors of this war. Volume one was mostly focused on life in the ghetto. Volume 2 focused on the members of the network and "how did they do it?". There were so many potential weak links in the chain and so many who might have turned them in. Very brave people!
This concept of "the just" is interesting, but only lightly touched on in the book, 36 righteous ones, special people without even one of them, the world would end. Aka good eggs, guardian angels walking on earth, etc
This concept of "the just" is interesting, but only lightly touched on in the book, 36 righteous ones, special people without even one of them, the world would end. Aka good eggs, guardian angels walking on earth, etc
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