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The Librarian Of Basra: A True Story From Iraq

ISBN-10: 0152054456
ISBN-13: 9780152054458
 Author: Winter, Jeanette
 Illustrated by: Winter, Jeanette
 Interest Level: 2-5
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: January 2005
Copyright: 2005
Page Count: 32

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Interest Level

Grades 2-5

Reading Level

Guided Reading: L
Lexile: AD640L
 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.2
 Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5
 Grade Level Equivalent: 3

Genre

BIOGRAPHY
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BISAC Subjects

Librarians; Iraq; Ba?srah; Biography; Juvenile literature

Librarians; Iraq; Ba?srah; Biography; Juvenile literature

Librarians; Iraq; Ba?srah; Biography; Juvenile literature

Description
The story of a librarian in Basra, Iraq, named Alia Muhammad Baker, who took it upon herself to save the 30,000 new and ancient books in her library before the war came and destroyed everything.