The Librarian of Auschwitz -- Antonio Iturbe, Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terez n ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.

Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.

This title has Common Core connections.

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Author: Antonio Iturbe
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/10/2017
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781627796187
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 21
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 192253 / Librarian of Auschwitz


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 08/01/2017 pg. 102
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2017
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2017 pg. 117
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 102
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2017
Shelf Awareness 10/10/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2017 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 80
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 147 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author

Antonio Iturbe lives in Spain, where he is both a novelist and a journalist. In researching The Librarian of Auschwitz, he interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz.

Lilit Thwaites is an award-winning literary translator. After thirty years as an academic at La Trobe University in Australia, she retired from teaching and now focuses primarily on her ongoing translation and research projects.