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Review 'The story will take your breath away ... and haunt and inspire you, as well. . . . you don't want to put down the book.'�- 2014 Ben Franklin Digital Award 'Mayer's superb novelization of her exploits elevates social work to the intensity of a spy thriller. . . �A gripping real-life tale of extraordinary courage that had an enduring impact.'- Kirkus Review'Meticulously researched,�this story has been told with grace and passion.'- Jay Parini, author of The Last Station'A beautiful story, beautifully told . . at last.'�- The US Review of Books'While Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project is based on a true story, it reads like a novel. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in history, as well as teachers of all subjects . . .�- ForeWord Clarion Review � 'Every high school student and teacher should read this book.� We all should.' - Michele Forman -�National Teacher of the Year 2001 � 'Jack Mayer masterfully weaves these two separate but intimately connected stories into one larger saga . . . It will inspire all who read it, especially the young.' - Francis R. Nicosia -�Univ. of Vermont'The monument to Irena Sendler was raised neither in Poland nor in Israel, but in the hearts and deeds of young Americans.� Jack Mayer's inspiring book brings to life the true story of high school students in Uniontown, Kansas and a Polish Holocaust rescuer.� The teens conceived the theatrical performance called Life in a Jar.� Their message was simple: one who goes against evil and rescues goodness, changes the world.' ����������� - Professor Jacek Leociak, Polish Academy of Sciences author of The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City (with Barbara Engelking) Read more About the Author Jack Mayer is a pediatrician and a writer.� He began practicing pediatrics in 1976 in Enosburg Falls, Vermont, a small town in eastern Franklin County on the Canadian border. His was the first pediatric practice in that half of the county. He was a country doctor there for ten years, often bartering medical care for eggs, firewood, and knitted afghans. From 1987 - 1991 Dr. Mayer was a National Cancer Institute Fellow at Columbia University School of Public Health in New York City, researching the molecular biology of childhood cancer. Most of his scientific writing was done during those four years. He was also an academic pediatrician at Columbia University's Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Mayer returned to Vermont in 1991 and established Rainbow Pediatrics in Middlebury, Vermont where he continues to practice primary care pediatrics. He is an Instructor in Pediatrics at the University of Vermont School of Medicine and an advisor for pre-medical students at Middlebury College.� Throughout his career, Dr. Mayer has written short stories, poems, and essays about his years in pediatric practice and hiking The Long Trail in Vermont. He was a participant at Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2003 and 2005 for fiction, and in 2008 for poetry. LIFE IN A JAR: The Irena Sendler Project is his first non-fiction book. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont. � � LIFE IN A JAR: The Irena Sendler Project has won several literary prizes:2015 Mom's Choice - Gold Medal - Young Adult 2015 First Horizon Award - Eric Hoffer Award 2014 Readers' Favorite Book Award - Gold Medal - Education 2014 Benjamin Franklin Digital Award - Silver Honoree�2014�Shelf Unbound Notable Book 2012 IndieReader Discovery Award 2011 Kansas Notable Book Award 2011 daVinci Eye Award - Eric Hoffer Award � Translations: Polish, Chinese, Russian - 2013 French - 2015 � YouTube book trailer (4:17): youtu.be/0bQAI0jKC7Q Read more
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