Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story / Mark Alan Stamaty.
Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story / Mark Alan Stamaty.
Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story / Mark Alan Stamaty.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
Date
2004.
Call Numbers
CL/0589
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
Edition
1st Dragonfly books ed.
Date Published
2004.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Told in cartoon panels, this graphic novel recounts how the librarian in Basra smuggled over 30,000 books to safety in war-torn Iraq. 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 o...
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Full title
Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story / Mark Alan Stamaty.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Study program note
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 0.5 85040.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.9 2.0 39664.
Contextual Information
Awards
Middle East Book Award, 2005
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
CL/0589
Record Identifier
74VKVe70PQ7A
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVe70PQ7A
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781613835432
DDC
020.92
MMS ID
991024253817402626
