Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo - Softcover

Zlata Filipovic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590487922 ISBN 13: 9780590487924

Publisher: Scholastic Books, Inc. 1994, 1994

Synopsis

The experiences of Zlata Filipovic from 1991 through 1993 in Sarajevo reveal an innocent life of piano lessons and birthday parties horrifyingly transformed into days of food shortages, friends dying, and hiding out in a neighbor's cellar during bombings.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From AudioFile:

Eleven-year-old Zlata Filipovic describes her life in Sarajevo as the clouds of war build, advance and consume her city. The diary is a powerful and moving document and has been released in print and audio simultaneously. Dorota Puzio, a native of Poland, reads with a soft Eastern European accent and the emotional intensity that the diary requires. Her clear pronunciation helps the listener with unfamiliar names. She captures the growth Zlata experiences as she leaves her protected childhood behind and begins to live the day-to-day hardship and deprivation of a city under siege. Zlata's Diary is a poignant plea for peace and a testament to the futility and waste of war. This sensitive production allows the reader to hear a young girl who cries out for peace. L.R.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Books, Inc. 1994
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0590487922
• ISBN 13: 9780590487924
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200