Sharing Extraordinary Stories About Extraordinary People
A 2024 JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION
Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history’s most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshua M. Greene (Signs of Survival) tells the true story of a young Jewish woman who was instrumental in the uprising as a smuggler of messages and weapons into and out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
“Ideal for classroom study of the Holocaust and for history lovers. Recommended.”
– Marybeth Kozikowski, School Library Journal Review
IN THE MEDIA
Endorsement by Michael Berenbaum
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Scholastic series is a wonderful way to engage young reader.
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The True story of a jewish girl who joined the partisans in world war II.
Scholastic to release fifth book in young Holocaust survivor series. Vladka (1921-2012) posed as a Christian & operated outside the Warsaw ghetto walls & was a successful underground courier, smuggling weapons across the wall & helped children escape.
For 60 years, Larry Langer has devoted his life to the study of Holocaust testimony. His books offer perspectives on a topic too often submerged under peripheral agendas of heroism, bravery, the “human spirit,” and the urge to find redemptive messages where none exist.