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The Librarian of Auschwitz, based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe ; adapted by Salva Rubio ; translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites ; illustrated by Loreto Aroca

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The Librarian of Auschwitz, based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe ; adapted by Salva Rubio ; translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites ; illustrated by Loreto Aroca
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Responsibility statement
based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe ; adapted by Salva Rubio ; translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites ; illustrated by Loreto Aroca
Summary
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezin 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 books the prisoners have managed to smuggle past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the secret librarian of Auschwitz, responsible for the safekeeping of the small collection of titles, as well as the 'living books' - prisoners of Auschwitz who know certain books so well, they too can be 'borrowed' to educate the children in the camp. But books are extremely dangerous. They make people think. And nowhere are they more dangerous than in Block 31 of Auschwitz, the children's block, where the slightest transgression can result in execution, no matter how young the transgressor
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
resource.adapter
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