Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-634)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

940L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The librarian of Auschwitz

Oclc number

1012703321

Responsibility statement

by Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print mini-collections

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification