Alia's Mission

Alia's Mission
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Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : 9780375857638
ISBN-13 : 037585763X
Rating : 4/5 (63X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Alia's Mission by : Mark Alan Stamaty

Download or read book Alia's Mission written by Mark Alan Stamaty and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.


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