Winter, J. (2005). The Librarian of Basra: A
True Story from Iraq. Orlando, Fla.:
Harcourt.
Alia Muhammad Baker is a
librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting
place for the entire community. However, now war has come, and Alia fears that
the library and the thirty thousand books in it will be destroyed. In a country
where people, especially women, have little influence, this true story about a
librarian's inspiring courage and will to save her community's priceless
collection of books is a reminder that anything is possible with bravery.
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