Fighter in the woods: the true story of a Jewish girl who joined the partisans in World War II

MG

3

6.2

Greene, Joshua, 1950-

Greene, Joshua

Cary Regional
Green Road Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
Morrisville Community
Oberlin Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Wake Forest Community
Zebulon Community

Childrens Non-Fiction

Cary Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Green Road Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Leesville Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Middlecreek Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Morrisville Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
North Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
Richard B Harrison - Childrens Non-Fiction
Southgate Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Wake Forest Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
Zebulon Community - Childrens Non-Fiction

"From award-winning author Joshua M. Greene (The Girl Who Fought Back; Signs of Survival) comes this remarkable true story of a Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied Poland who escaped near death to join -- and fight -- with the Soviet partisans in the woods. The year was 1941, and Nazi Germany was bombing Poland. Celia Kassow, a young Jewish girl, knew she was in danger of being seized by the Nazis, so she ran to seek shelter at a Polish classmate's house. The classmate's response? "Get away from here, you dirty Jew."Celia and her family, like all the Jewish families in their town, were then imprisoned in a Nazi ghetto, facing daily starvation and torture. Most of Celia's family was murdered there, but a different Polish classmate of Celia's, a boy who had a crush on her, helped Celia escape to his family's farm, and eventually, into the woods to join the Soviet partisans.The partisans were resistance fighters who gathered in secret during WWII to fight back against the Axis powers by attacking German garrisons and blowing up trains. When Celia joined them, the other partisans -- mostly young men -- wanted to put her on kitchen duty, but Celia refused and asked to be put on patrol. She was given a horse, ammunition, and an assignment. Celia survived the war fighting with the partisans. After the war, she would go on to get married, have children, and immigrate to the United States, where she lived out her days assisting other immigrants and raising her family. Her true story, based on first-person testimony and vetted by Celia's son, is one of incredible bravery and grit in the face of unimaginable evil. "--

Book

Books

828ce7de-94fc-19bf-0797-36d8414efb36

9781546135852

BK

2025-08-21T09:09:17.532Z

-1

Non Fiction

Non Fiction

J940.53 GREEN

Year

Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
Green Road Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
Morrisville Community
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southgate Community
Wake Forest Community
Zebulon Community

9781546135852

2025

Scholastic Focus

grouped_work

Biographies
Holocaust survivors -- Biography
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Jewish women
Jewish women in the Holocaust -- Juvenile literature
Kassow, Celia, -- 1923-1994
Kassow, Celia, -- 1923-1994 -- Family
Kassow, Celia, -- 1923-1994 -- Family -- Juvenile literature
Kassow, Celia, -- 1923-1994 -- Juvenile literature
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature
Sharkaŭshchyna (Belarus) -- Biography
Sharkaŭshchyna (Belarus) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Belarus -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Juvenile literature

Fighter in the woods : the true story of a Jewish girl who joined the partisans in World War II

Fighter in the woods : the true story of a Jewish girl who joined the partisans in World War II / Joshua Greene

Fighter in the woods

the true story of a Jewish girl who joined the partisans in World War II

Family
History
Holocaust survivors
Jewish women
Jewish women in the Holocaust
Jews
Kassow, Celia
Participation, Female
Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945