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Author:

Iturbe, Antonio.

Title:

The librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

Godwin BooksHenry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

423 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile fiction.
Concentration camps--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 424).

Summary:

Publisher Annotation: 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 Terezin 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. 432pp.

Indexed by:

Kirkus Reviews, September 01, 2017.
Booklist, September 01, 2017.
Publishers Weekly, August 28, 2017.
School Library Journal, August 01, 2017.

ISBN:

1250258030
9781250258038

Locations:

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

S4PA034 -- Waterville Public Library (Waterville)