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The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe

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Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.This title has Common Core connections.Godwin Books

Details

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2017-10-10
Pages: 423
Language: EN
Categories: Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General, Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Europe, Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust, Juvenile Fiction / Books & Libraries, Young Adult Fiction / Books & Libraries, Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Holocaust
ISBN-13: 9781627796187