Book details
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe
No ratings yet
Buy the book
A single link, no noise.
Overview
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
- 400
- Language
- EN
- Categories
- Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Holocaust, Young Adult Fiction / Books & Libraries
- ISBN-13
- 9781627796194
Similar books
Based on category and author.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Illustrated Edition)
John Boyne
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)
Markus Zusak
The Red Ribbon
Lucy Adlington
What the Night Sings
Vesper Stamper
They Went Left
Monica Hesse
Briar Rose
Jane Yolen
Girl in the Blue Coat
Monica Hesse
Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
No ratings yet
Run, Boy, Run
Uri Orlev
No ratings yet