A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

by Albert Marrin

Book Overview

From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust.

Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The Dr. Spock of his day, he established orphanages run on his principle of honoring children and shared his ideas with the public in books and on the radio. He famously said that "children...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524701203
• ISBN13: 9781524701208
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher