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The book thief / Markus Zusak ; illustrations by Trudy White.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Record details
- ISBN: 1101934182
- ISBN: 9781101934180
- Physical Description: 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Anniversary edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A Knopf, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Australia : Picador, 2005. This 10th-anniversary edition features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, pages from the author's writing notebook, and an author interview. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 25.99 |
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| Subject: | Books and reading > Fiction. Storytelling > Fiction. Death > Fiction. Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Fiction. Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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Electronic resources
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- Book Club Discussion Guide
- Baker & Taylor
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. - Random House, Inc.
This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.
âLife-changing.â âThe New York Times
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When Death has a story to tell, you listen.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she canât resistâbooks. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.Â
In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.
âDeserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.â âUSA Today
DONâT MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAKâS FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
