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The Librarian of Auschwitz
Contributor(s): Iturbe, Antonio (Author), Thwaites, Lilit (Translator)

ISBN: 1627796185 ISBN-13: 9781627796187
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2017

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust
- Young Adult Fiction | Books & Libraries

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 13-17

Grade Level: 8-12

Lexile Measure: 940(Not Available)

Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" L (1.35 lbs) 432 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Holocaust
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Religious Orientation - Jewish

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: School Library Journal 08/01/2017 pg. 102
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2017
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2017 pg. 117
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 102
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2017
Shelf Awareness 10/10/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2017 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 80
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 147 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 192253
Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

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 Terez n 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.

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Contributor Bio(s): Iturbe, Antonio: - Antonio Iturbe is a novelist and journalist. He interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz, for The Librarian of Auschwitz.Thwaites, Lilit: - Lilit Thwaites is an award-winning literary translator. After thirty years as an academic at La Trobe University in Australia, she retired from teaching and now focuses primarily on her ongoing translation and research projects.

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