The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq /

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 whe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winter, Jeanette
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., [2005]
Subjects:	Baker, Alia Muhammad > Juvenile literature. Librarians > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography > Juvenile literature. Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Iraq > Baṣrah > Juvenile literature. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Juvenile literature. Baker, Alia Muhammad. Librarians > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography. Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Iraq > Baṣrah. Iraq War, 2003.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Awards:	American Library Association, 2006. Bank Street College, 2004.
ISBN:	0152054456