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The Librarian Of Basra: A True Story From Iraq
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When war comes, Alia Muhammad Baker, the librarian of Basra, fears the library will be destroyed, so she asks government officials for help, but they refuse, which means Alia must take matters into her own hands to protect the books that she loves.
By Jeanette Winter
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9780152054458 | Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 2005, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Presents the true story of how Alia Baker, the librarian of the Basra library, and her friends managed to save the books of the library before the library was burned to the ground during the 2003 Iraq War.

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