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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…

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1 author picked The Librarian of Auschwitz as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this story because it showed me insights of the terrible existence of the prisoners at Auschwitz.

Iturbe details the food and lack thereof, the clothing and lack thereof, the beds and lack thereof. But also he showed how they managed to survive on their own terms in some ways. Knowing that this young adult historical fiction is based on the life of a survivor of Auschwitz made reading it all the more compelling and often eye-opening.

The main character, 14-year-old Dita, is both endearing and strong thus becoming the perfect navigator through the harsh details of life in…

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