An eleven-year-old’s diary of ordinary childhood upended by the Siege of Sarajevo, capturing war’s toll with clear-eyed courage.
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An eleven-year-old’s diary of ordinary childhood upended by the Siege of Sarajevo, capturing war’s toll with clear-eyed courage.
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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...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Shelling, deaths of friends, catastrophic injury; graphic wartime violence
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central focus on Bosnian War and Siege of Sarajevo via a child’s view
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation amid wartime despair and suffering
Abuse & suffering
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Forced displacement, shortages, civilian trauma under prolonged siege
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