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Title: The Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Author: Joshua M. Greene
Publication Date: April 16, 2024
Publisher: Scholastic Focus
ISBN: ebook ASIN B0C1642KYN, print ISBN 1338880519
Page Count: 160
Available In: ebook | hardback
Recommended Age: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7

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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.

Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers. These books help readers learn about the world in which they live and develop their critical thinking skills so that they may become dynamic citizens who are able to analyze and understand our past, participate in essential discussions about our present, and work to grow and build our future.

Warsaw, Poland, 1940s: The Nazis are on the march, determined to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Teenage Vladka and her family are among the thousands of Jews forced to relocate behind the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto, a cramped, oppressive space full of starvation, suffering, and death.

When Vladka’s family is deported to concentration camps, Vladka joins up with other young people in the ghetto who are part of the Jewish underground: a group determined to fight back against the Nazis, no matter the cost.

Vladka’s role in the underground? To pass as a non-Jew, sneaking out of the ghetto to blend into Polish society while smuggling secret messages and weapons back over the ghetto wall. Every move she makes comes with the risk of being arrested or killed. But Vladka and her friends know that their missions are worth the danger―they are preparing for an uprising like no other, one that will challenge the Nazi war machine.

This astonishing true story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, told through the lens of Holocaust survivor and educator Vladka Meed, introduces readers to a crucial piece of history while highlighting the persistence of bravery in the face of hate.

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Teenager Vladka Meed and her friends inside the Warsaw Ghetto fight back against the Nazi war machine—a handful of young people against the world’s mightiest army.

WHO IS VLADKA MEED?

Watch this short History Minutes segment on Vladka.

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  • A 2024 Junior Library Guild Selection
  • #1 on Amazon Children’s Historical Biography (hardcover)
  • #3 on Amazon Children’s Historical Biography (kindle)

“Ideal for classroom study of the Holocaust and for history lovers. Recommended.” – Marybeth Kozikowski, School Library Journal Review

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