In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke

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Author: Irene Gut Opdyke
ISBN: 9780307557025

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Published on Dec 18, 2008 | 304 Pages

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IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.

“No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.”—School Library Journal, Starred

A Book Sense Top Ten Pick

A Publisher’s Weekly Choice of the Year’s Best Books

A Booklist Editors Choice

“Powerful and life-affirming, this is the kind of exciting memoir that marks a reader forever.” — The Plain Dealer

“Even among WWII memoirs–a genre studded with extraordinary stories–this autobiography looms large, a work of exceptional substance and style.” —Publishers Weekly, starred

“Opdyke uses simple direct language to demystify the concept of heroism and depict courage as a matter of basic human decency well within the capabilities of ordinary humans.” — The Washington Post Book World

WINNER 2000 ALA Best Books for Young Adults

WINNER 2000 Maine Student Book Master List

WINNER 2002 Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List

NOMINEE 2001 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award

SELECTION ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10

SELECTION Booklist Editor’s Choice

SELECTION New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

SELECTION Publishers Weekly Best Books

SELECTION Riverbank Review Children’s Book[s] of Distinction

FINALIST PEN USA West Award for Fiction

ISBN9780307557025

Published onDec 18, 2008

Published byLaurel Leaf

Pages304

Age Range14 and up

GradeGrade 9 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 890L

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