Jars of Hope : How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children during the Holocaust (Narrative Nonfiction: Narrative Nonfiction) -- Paperback / softback

Amid the horrors of World War II, Irena Sendler was an unlikely and unsung hero. She kept records of the children she helped smuggle away from the Nazis' grasp, and when she feared her work might be discovered, she buried her lists in jars, hoping to someday recover them and reunite children with their parents.