The Librarian of Auschwitz

by Antonio Iturbe

Book 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 Terez n ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627796185
• ISBN13: 9781627796187
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

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When reading the book summary overall the book looked good. Thought it would be a story of survival of a 14 year old girl. A lot of different characters and story lines. Jumped around a lot with space in between leaving you confused. If you like intense history books, this is for you.