{"id":1543,"date":"2019-05-09T11:19:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/?page_id=1543"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:15:47","slug":"irena-sendlerowa-magiczny-koralik-irena-sendler-the-magical-bead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/index.php\/en\/irena-sendlerowa-magiczny-koralik-irena-sendler-the-magical-bead\/","title":{"rendered":"Irena Sendlerowa. Magiczny koralik [Irena Sendler: The Magical Bead]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author: Beata Ostrowicka<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Illustrator: El\u017cbieta Moyski<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Year: 2018<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Publisher: Wydawnictwo RM<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Place of publication: Warszawa<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Pages: 95<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
ISBN: 9788377739747<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Notes: “Polish Superheroes” series<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cover courtesy of the publisher. \u00a92018 Wydawnictwo RM<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Teenage Majka and a group of her friends need to prepare a presentation for school about a selected historical hero or heroine. Without any particular interest in the project, Majka chooses number six on the list of historical people and gets Irena Sendler<\/a>, about whom she knows very little. In time, Majka and the other members of the project group become increasingly invested in learning about the life and times of who they discover was a remarkable person.\u00a0<\/span>The author of this novel recounts the history of the Holocaust and the fates of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto<\/a> as well as tells the story of how Sendler was \u201cdiscovered\u201d in the 1990s by high school students in Uniontown, Kansas. She also mentions the awards and distinctions that Sendler received at the end of her life as a Righteous Among the Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beata Ostrowicka\u2019s story allows her readers to learn about the life and activities of Irena Sendler from the perspective of its young protagonists who \u2013 similar to the characters in Wszystkie lajki Marczuka<\/em>\u00a0(All of Marczuk\u2019s Likes<\/i>)<\/a>\u2013 get involved in a historical project and keep discovering new facts about their subject. Although Sendler\u2019s biographies abound, Ostrowicka finds a way not to idealize her, and gives her young reader a glimpse of the dispute whether all deeds attributed to Sendler did in fact take place. Antoni, Majka\u2019s classmate, expresses a critical attitude to the past (perhaps inspired by Anna Bikont\u2019s 2017 biography Sendlerowa. W ukryciu<\/i>\u00a0[Sendler: In Hiding<\/i>]), pointing to inaccuracies in the woman\u2019s story. This way, Ostrowicka seems to encourage young readers to treat historical sources and journalistic opinion critically as they may present people and events from Polish story in a one-dimensional way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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