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Young Adult · 2017 · R

The Librarian of Auschwitz

by Antonio Iturbe

Based on the life of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl risked her life to protect eight books in the children's block of Auschwitz.

For17+GenreYoung AdultLength448 pagesRead time~13 hours

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Violence

A lot

Holocaust violence including the reality of Auschwitz, selections, death, and systematic murder

Language

Barely any

Minimal language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Profoundly heavy psychological themes around survival, meaning, and preserving humanity in the worst conditions imaginable

What this book is about

A powerful YA Holocaust novel about the incredible true story of Dita Kraus and her secret library at Auschwitz. Violence is the violence of the Holocaust — deeply harrowing but important. Essential reading for young adults.

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Holocaust violence

Auschwitz depiction

Death and genocide

Psychological devastation

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