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    Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic, Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (Translator), Janine Di Giovanni (Introduction)

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    (Paperback - Revised Edition)

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    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
    • Pub. Date: February 2006
    • ISBN-13: 9780143036876
    • Sales Rank: 15,089
    • 240pp
    • Edition Description: Revised Edition
     
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    Synopsis

    When 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-today record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovi´c 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.

    Biography

    Zlata Filipovic wrote her diary between September 1991 and October 1993. Following its publication, she was awarded the Special Child of Courage Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. She and her family left Sarajevo in December of 1993, and used the proceeds from the book to launch a charity for child victims of the Bosnian war.

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    Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevoby Anonymous

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    June 02, 2008: this book was a great experence. reading a childs diary from when she/he was in war. i never thought that living in war was that bad. well, actually i know it would but wheni was reading this book, i really felt that i was in the same spot light as Zlata i realized that even reading this book made me consintrate on what life is like living in a toown with a war going on in that town.

    Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevoby Anonymous

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    June 01, 2008: This book starts with Zlata talking, in diary entrys, about the war nearby her home. It later goes on to talk about the bombing and shellings in Sarajevo, her home. The author, Zlata Filipovic, does a good job to convey the reader to keep reading, even though when she wrote it that wasnt her purpose. She talks about tramatic events during the war and hard times which makes you want to keep reading to see the outcome. Something that I like about this book is that the book is in diary entrys. I like this because she talks about the most exciting times, and its not boring. But something that confused me in this book was the location of the war in the beginning of the book. I recall her mentioning the war nearby, but i dont think the location. I also dont really understand or know why the troops came over to her home country, or how the war spread. Someone who might enjoy this book or find it interesting would be someone who doesnt really know what war is like or the situations some people are in. It taught me very much about the hardships people have to live with and what war really is like.


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