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The safest lie

A nine-year-old Jewish girl, helped by Irena Sendler and the Zegota organization, is smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto, given a new identity, and sent to live in the countryside for the duration of the World War II.

Main Author: Cerrito, Angela (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2015]
Edition: First Edition.
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Poland > Juvenile fiction.
Identity > Juvenile fiction.
Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: A nine-year-old Jewish girl, helped by Irena Sendler and the Zegota organization, is smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto, given a new identity, and sent to live in the countryside for the duration of the World War II.
Physical Description: 180 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780823433100 (hardcover)
0823433102 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Angela Cerrito was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and has lived in Oregon, Georgia, China, Italy, and Germany. She attended Pacific University, where she received a BS in social work and an MS in physical therapy. She currently works as a pediatric physical therapist in Germany. Her first novel, The End of the Line , was a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and a VOYA "Top of the Top Shelf" selection. The Safest Lie evolved over eleven years. The author first learned about Irena Sendler in 2004 and knew immediately that she wanted to write about her. She applied for and was awarded the Kimberly Colen Memorial Grant from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, which made it possible for her to conduct research in Warsaw, Poland, where she finally met her hero, Irena Sendler.

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