The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq

Titre
The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq

Jeanette. Winter

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2004

Description matérielle
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Informations sur le programme
Accelerated Reader LG 3.2 0.5 83517

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Baker, Alia Muhammad.

Terme de vedette-matière
Librarians -- Iraq -- Baṣrah -- Biography.
 
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Baṣrah.
 
Iraq War, 2003-2011-.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780152054458
 
9780358141839

Informations de publication
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2004.
 
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
 
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2019.
 
©2004


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