The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Irena Sendler: Mother of the Children of the Holocaust
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Irena Sendler: Mother of the Children of the Holocaust
Anna Mieszkowska, 2005
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John Kent Harrison, 2009

Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish resistance during World War II, is the subject of this story. She was captured by the Nazis for her heroic efforts to rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto by smuggling them to safety.


The Water Is Wide. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1972 book, The Water is Wide
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The Water is Wide
Pat Conroy, 1972
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John Kent Harrison, 2006

Pat Conroy, an ambitious and somewhat rebellious idealistic teacher, agrees to the offer from the school board superintendent of Bennington County, SC, to teach the impoverished African American children in the fishing community on Yamacrew Island. The school’s leader, the inept and rigid headmistress Brown, embodies ignorance and strict adherence to rules, relying on scolding and physical punishment as her teaching methods.


Anne of Green Gables. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1908 book
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Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery, 1908
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John Kent Harrison, 2016

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they’re mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. Anne’s a dreamer with an unusual point of view, far removed from Marilla’s pragmatic ways, and it’s only on trial that Marilla agrees to keep Anne.