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Heroes embody values such as selflessness, courage, and service to others and society. These books represent just a sampling of the many ways individuals - both ordinary and famous - have achieved, excelled, and made us all proud.

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In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While there, she reached out to the trapped Jewish families, going from door to door and asking the parents to trust her with their young children. She started smuggling them out of the walled district, convincing her friends and neighbors to hide them. Driven to extreme measures and with the help of a network of local tradesmen,...