Alia Muhammad Baker
Saving a Library from War
True Stories, Real People
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn the amazing story of Alia Muhammad Baker, a librarian who preserved Iraq's history by saving thousands of books from being destroyed during the Iraq War. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions, callouts, and sidebars, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an introduction to the author.
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-1-5038-0717-4
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$36.95 |
| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Hi-Lo, Narrative, Nonfiction |
| Category | High Interest |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Publisher | The Child's World, Inc. |
| Imprint | Momentum |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| Publication Date | 2016-01-01 |
| BISACS | JNF007110 |
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| Dewey | 92 |
| Graphics | Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 9 |
| Lexile | 780 |
| Guided Reading Level | U |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.0 |
| ATOS Interest Level | MG |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 180024 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Educational front/back matter, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Primary-source text, Reviewed, Sources for further research, Starred, Suggested websites, and Table of contents |
- The War Begins
- Basra Invasion
- Saving the Books
- Baker the Hero
- Glossary
- Source Notes
- To Learn More
- Index
Author: Lindsay Bacher
Lindsay Bacher has a bachelor's degree in English and religion from Hamline University, and a master's of art and religion degree from Yale Divinity School. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two dogs, Sam and Maggie.
Reviews
A noteworthy review of True Stories, Real People from Booklist on April 1, 2016
The central library in Basra, Iraq, served its community for years before war threatened not just to end its services but to destroy its collections. In 2003, chief librarian Baker led an impromptu, grassroots effort to save as much of the collection as she and the library’s… View →
