Basedontheexperienceofreal-lifeAuschwitzprisonerDitaKraus,thisgraphicnoveltellstheincrediblestoryofagirlwhoriskedherlifetokeepthemagicofbooksaliveduringtheHolocaust.Fourteen-year-oldDitaisoneofthemanyimprisonedbytheNazisatAuschwitz.Taken,alongwithhermotherandfather,fromtheTerez穩nghettoinPrague,Ditaisadjustingtotheconstantterrorthatislifeinthecamp.WhenJewishleaderFreddyHirschasksDitatotakechargeoftheeightpreciousvolumestheprisonershavemanagedtosneakpasttheguards,sheagrees.AndsoDitabecomesthelibrarianofAuschwitz.Outofoneofthedarkestchaptersofhumanhistorycomesthisextraordinarystoryofcourageandhope.
