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Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so, Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.

À quatorze ans, Dita est une des nombreuses victimes du régime nazi. Avec ses parents, elle est arrachée au ghetto de Terezín, à Prague, pour être enfermée dans le camp d'Auschwitz. Là, elle tente malgré l'horreur de trouver un semblant de normalité.

Im alles verschlingenden Morast des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz-Birkenau hat der Blockälteste Fredy Hirsch heimlich eine Schule aufgebaut. Ihr wertvollster Besitz sind acht alte, zerfallene Bücher. Fredy ernennt die 14-jährige Dita zur Bibliothekarin, sie soll die verbotenen Bände künftig verstecken und schützen. Dita, die schon früher Trost in Büchern gefunden hat, kümmert sich mit äußerster Hingabe um "ihre" kleine Bibliothek.

All Antoine de Saint Exupéry wants to do is be a pilot. But flying is a dangerous dream and one that sets him at odds with his aristocratic background and the woman he loves. Despite attempts to keep him grounded, Antoine is determined to venture forwards into the unknown. Together with his friends, Jean and Henri, he will pioneer new mail routes across the globe and help change the future of aviation. In the midst of his adventures, Antoine also begins to weave a children's story that is destined to touch the lives of millions of readers around the world.

In the 1920s, long before he wrote The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an accomplished pilot. Along with Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, he was chosen to pioneer new mail routes across the globe. No distance was too far and no mountain too high - each letter had to reach its destination. The three friends soared through the air, while back on solid ground, they dealt with a world torn apart by wars and political factions.

Farah es la teniente de policía más joven de todo el sistema solar. Fue la primera de su promoción y superó en todos los exámenes a los demás candidatos. Sin embargo, también es quien acumula más expedientes de sanción en su hoja de servicios. Y es que Farah no suele aceptar de buen grado las órdenes con las que no está de acuerdo...

Sobre el fango negro de Auschwitz que todo lo engulle, Fredy Hirsch ha levantado en secreto una escuela. En un lugar donde los libros están prohibidos, la joven Dita esconde bajo su vestido los frágiles volúmenes de la biblioteca pública más pequeña, recóndita y clandestina que haya existido nunca.