A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust
by Albert Marrin
From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 76,506
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1010L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 510534, 14 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust victims--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)--Juvenile literature
- Poland--Warsaw
- Treblinka (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature
- Orphanages--Poland--Warsaw--History--Juvenile literature
- Treblinka (Concentration camp)
- Orphanages
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Europe
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Pediatricians
- Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942--Juvenile literature
- Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
- Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942
- Poland
- Pediatricians--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Holocaust victims
- Young Adult Biography
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Holocaust
- Poland--Warsaw--Getto warszawskie
- Orphanages--Poland--Warsaw--History
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
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Awards & Distinctions 2
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Finalist, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
History Selection, 2019
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