Description
"No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful."--School Library Journal, starred I did not ask myself, "Should I do this?" but "How will I do this?" Through this intimate and compelling memoir, we are witness to the growth of a hero. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, In My Hands has become a profound testament to individual courage. You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defierof the SS and the Nazis, all at once. When the war began, Irene Gut was just seventeen: a student nurse, a Polish patriot, a good Catholic girl. Forced to work in a German officiers' dining hall, she learns how to fight back. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence. Irene eavesdropped on the German's plans. She smuggled people out of the work camp. And she hid twelve Jews in the basement of a Nazi major's home. To deliver her friends from evil, this young woman did whatever it took--even the impossible.
Title Metadata
Author: |
Opdyke, Irene Gut |
Publisher: |
Ember |
Language: |
English |
Copyright: |
2016 |
Number of Pages: |
288 |
Dewey: |
B |
Dewey Range: |
B |
Binding Type: |
Paperback |
Interest Age: |
16 |
Accelerated Reader Interest Level: |
Upper Grade |
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: |
6 |
Accelerated Reader Point Value: |
11 |
Lexile Level: |
890 |
Lexile Range: |
Confident Reader (800 - 999) |