Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells 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 Terezín 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.
Publisher : Godwin Books (January 3, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250842980
ISBN-13 : 978-1250842985
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Grade level : 4 - 6
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 7.05 x 0.45 x 10 inches
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín 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.
Publisher : Godwin Books (January 3, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250842980
ISBN-13 : 978-1250842985
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Grade level : 4 - 6
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 7.05 x 0.45 x 10 inches