Teen Reader's Choice Award: Book #6

CCRCE News: 
Monday, March 11, 2019

Each week- until June 2nd- we're featuring one of the Top 1- Teen Reader's Choice Award books. Read the description. Get inspired. Read the book. Then vote!

The Librarian of Auschwitz- by Antonio Iturbe; translated by Lilit Thwaites

"A teenager girl imprisoned in the notorious extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau keeps the secret library of a forbidden school. Compared to her fellow inmates, Dita Adlerova, 14, is relatively lucky."

This book has received starred reviews from the following institutions:

  • Publishers Weekly
  • Kirkus
  • School Library Journal
  • Booklist
  • Shelf Awareness
  • The Horn Book

*The book also has Common Core connections*

Check this book and the rest of the Top 10 books out at your CCRCE library today!

Share your thoughts with the CCRCE community by using the hashtag #TCRA2019 and make sure you VOTE for your Favourite books on the Teen Reader's Choice Award blog!