The librarian of Basra

Description

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

Description

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, the library where she works 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.

Subjects

Genres

• Biography
• Juvenile literature.

Other Editions

• The librarian of Basra: a true story from IraqHarcourt, Inc.2004-01-01
• The librarian of BasraHarcourt, Inc.2005-01-01
• Basila tu shu guan yuanGe lin wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si2005-01-01
• The Librarian of BasraHarcourt Children's Books2005-01-01
• Ē vivliothēkarios tēs VasorasPapadopoulos2007-01-01
• La bibliotecaria de BasoraHardcoverJuventud2007-02-07