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    Alia Muhammad Baker: Saving a Library from War
    Alia Muhammad Baker: Saving a Library from War
    Alia Muhammad Baker: Saving a Library from War
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    Alia Muhammad Baker: Saving a Library from War

    By Lindsay Bacher

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Child's World
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781503806498
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