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Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter · Booklabria

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Jeanette Winter
Librarian of Basra

BiographySpanish language materials

Librarian of Basra

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First published: 2004
Editions: 10 in 5 languages

Synopsis

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

Subjects: Biography
Spanish language materials
Literatura juvenil
Biografía
Librarians
Libraries
Set in: Iraq

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10 in 5 languages

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