Mixedthis is a book that i really wanted to like more but this one is going to have to go in okay bordering on bad
The librarian of Auschwitz (2017)
Others: Mixed Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
- ISBN:
- 9781250842992
- Length:
- 144 pages
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