{"product_id":"the-librarian-of-auschwitz-9781250211682","title":"The Librarian of Auschwitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, journalist Antonio Iturbe tells the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis title has Common Core connections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGodwin Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Iturbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250211682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e192253 \/ Librarian of Auschwitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntonio Iturbe\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Spain, where he is both a novelist and a journalist. In researching \u003ci\u003eThe Librarian of Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, he interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLilit Thwaites\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator. After thirty years as an academic at La Trobe University in Australia, she retired from teaching and now focuses primarily on her ongoing translation and research projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Antonio Iturbe \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282925666461,"sku":"9781250211682","price":25.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e4f100b2-2f4a-40fc-8ae4-a2f86e8cecae.jpg?v=1759956902","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-librarian-of-auschwitz-9781250211682","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}