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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq Book

Librarian of Basra : Hardback : Harcourt Children's Books : 9780152054458 : 0152054456 : 01 Jan 2005 : Presents the true story of how Alia Baker, the librarian of the Basra library, and her friends managed to save the books of the library before the library was burned to the ground during the 2003 Iraq War.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    In war-stricken Iraq where civilians--especially women--have little power, a librarian in Basra struggles to save her community's priceless collection of books.

  • Product Description

    "In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"*
    --Alia Muhammad Baker

    Alia Muhammad Baker is the librarian of Basra. For fourteen years, her office has been a meeting place for those who love books--until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears the library will be destroyed. She asks government officials for help, but they refuse. So Alia takes matters into her own hands, working secretly with friends to move the thirty-thousand new and ancient books from the library and hide them in their homes. There, the books are stacked in windows and cupboards and even in an old refrigerator. But they are safe until the war moves on--safe with the librarian of Basra.
    This moving true story about a real librarian's brave struggle to save her war-stricken community's priceless collection of books is a powerful reminder that the love of literature and the passion for knowledge know no boundaries.
    Includes an author's note.
    *From the New York Times, July 27, 2003.

  • 0152054456
  • 9780152054458
  • Jeanette Winter
  • 1 January 2005
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 32
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