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The librarian of Basra, a true story from Iraq, written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Label
The librarian of Basra, a true story from Iraq, written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
AD640L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The librarian of Basra
Responsibility statement
written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, LG, 3.2, 0.5, 83517
Sub title
a true story from Iraq
Summary
Alia Muhammad Baker is the librarian in Basra, Iraq. Knowing that war is coming, she hides all the books in the library in her house and her neighbor's houses. Although the library is destroyed the thirty thousand books are safe until the war will be over and the library can be rebuilt
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
True story from Iraq
Classification
Content

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