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The librarian of Auschwitz
Title:
The librarian of Auschwitz
Summary:
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.
General Note:
"First published in Spain by Editorial Planeta in 2012"--Title page verso.

Maps on liner papers.
Edition:
First American edition.
Physical Description:
423 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cm
Personal Subject:
Publisher:
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company,
Publication Date:
2017
ISBN:
9781627796187
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

©2017
Award Note:
Young Readers Choice award nominee - 2020
Call Number:
YA ITURBE
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