Librarian of Basra
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About This Book
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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Sign InLibrariansIraq War, 2003LibrariesIraq War, 2003-Iraq War, 2003-2011Juvenile literatureDestruction and pillageBiographyIraq War (2003-2011) fast (OCoLC)fst01802311Iraq war, 2003-2011, juvenile literatureLibraries, juvenile literatureIraq, juvenile literature
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Book Details
First Published
2004
Pages
32 pages
Rating
4.5 / 5
Ratings
2
Editions
10
Publisher
Papadopoulos
Language
ENG, CHI, GRE
Status
Published
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