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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Orlando : Harcourt, [2005]; �2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: {32} p. : col. ill ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780152054458 (hc.)
  • 0152054456 (hc.)
  • 1415575274 (BWI bdg.)
  • 9781415575277
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 020/.92 22
  • 020/.92 B 22
LOC classification:
  • Z720.B24 W56 2005
Summary: During the Iraq War of 2003, librarian Alia Muhammad saves thirty thousand new and old books in her Basra library from destruction.
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During the Iraq War of 2003, librarian Alia Muhammad saves thirty thousand new and old books in her Basra library from destruction.

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