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In Poland in the 1940s, twins Chaim and Gittel rely on each other to endure life in a ghetto, escape through forests, and the horrors of a concentration camp.

"This book looks at the ... life of Marie Curie, who succeeded in the world of science at a time when women were not expected to have careers. She won two Nobel Prizes for her discovery of radium and her work on radiation. This book describes her struggle to succeed in difficult circumstances, her scientific discoveries, and the medical benefits we have today thanks to her efforts."--Back cover.

"Tells Irena Sendler's story of saving 2,500 children during the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.

Relates the World War II experience of a Jewish girl named Lola, who was forced into hiding after the death of her mother and lived in a hole in the ground with another family, fighting for survival and hoping to be free one day.

After being liberated from Josef Mengele's Zoo and having endured experiments performed on them in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, Stasha Zamorski and Feliks, each having lost their twin, set out on a journey through Poland's devastation.

Jack and Rochelle Sutin survived the Holocaust and World War II as part of a band of Jewish resistance fighters hiding in the dense forests of Poland. Their story is told by their son, Lawrence, and the book effectively describes the reality of months spent hiding in a dank underground bunker with lice and disease. When they met and fell in love they did not know if they would live through the war. But over fifty years later, their survival is a tale of strength and courage.

Barbara Cherish's upbringing under the Nazi regime was one of wealth and comfort. But her father's senior position in the Nazi party meant that she and her siblings lived under stress. The year she was born, 1943, her father, Arthur Wilhelm Liebehenschel, became commandant of Auschwitz. In researching her father's story, she found that he kept his relationship with his family and the demands of his job separate. He was found guilty of war crimes at the end of the war and executed in January 1948. At the age of six, she and her siblings were placed into foster care and she was adopted when she was thirteen She arrived in America in December 1956. Forty years later she publicly acknowledged who her birth father was and began her search for her identity.

The author recalls her experiences in a Nazi Jewish ghetto in Rohatyn, Poland with her mother and sister in 1941. As they waited to see what their fate would be, she was able to escape with a false birth certificate because she did not look Jewish. Her mother and sister remained behind, and ultimately perished. She found work in a hospital in Germany under her assumed identity and managed to elude Nazi capture. After the war, she immigrated to the United States with her husband.

"This biography examines the remarkable life of Saint Pope John Paul II using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Saint Pope John Paul II's family background, childhood, education, inspirational work as a Roman catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope, and his canonization. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.