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Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
The child's diary that awakened the conscience of the worldWhen Zlata's Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it describes. It begins as the day-to-day record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbor's cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant. The result is a book that has the power to move and instruct readers a world away.
Between September 1991 and October 1993, Zlata Filipovic kept a diary. The Simon Wiesenthal Center presented her with the Special Child of Courage Award when it was published. She and her family left Sarajevo in December 1993, and the revenues from the book were used to start a foundation for Bosnian war victims' children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780143036876 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143036874 |
| Title | Zlata's Diary |
| Author | Zlata Filipovic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2006-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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