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)
- Pub. Date: February 2006
- 240pp
- Sales Rank: 20,815
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2006
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 240pp
- Sales Rank: 20,815
- ISBN-13: 9780143036876
- ISBN: 0143036874
- Edition Description: Revised Edition
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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Amazing!!!!!by The_Music_Man
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June 03, 2009: 5 stars all around. This book was really the best book EVER. It was so informative and just gave you a good understanding of how it was like to be a child in a war-torn city, where when you looked outside, you didnt see blue skies, they were BLACK. She didnt see kids playing outside, she saw DEATH. It was dangerous to GO TO SCHOOL, nevermind play with her friends. once again, Amazing book.
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.
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