(Young Adult Fiction – Y Iturbe)
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a 14-year-old girl who risks her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. 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—thus becoming the librarian of Auschwitz.