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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Orlando, Florida : Harcourt, Incorporated, [(c)2005.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0152054456
  • 9780152054458
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z720.B24.W785.L537 2005
  • Z720.W785.L537 2005
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Summary: Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
Item type: Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) List(s) this item appears in: Naomi K. - JUVENILE
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library Juvenile Collection - Second Floor Fiction Z720.B24W56 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001827688

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.

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