Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised Edition

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised EditionThe child's diary that awakened the conscience of the world 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 to day record of the life of a typical eleven year old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs

The child's diary that awakened the conscience of the world

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-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.

"The only bright thing to come from Sarajevo's] recent history." -USA Today

"Conveys the bewilderment and horror of modern-day conflict...One of Zlata's gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events." -San Francisco Chronicle

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 02/28/2006
ISBN: 9780143036876
Pages: 197
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.22w x 0.48d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 11144 / Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5