The Book Thief

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY

The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.

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 can’t resist–books. 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.

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.

“The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times

“Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2007
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 608 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375842209
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375842207
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11+ years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.19 x 1.26 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Teen & Young Adult Holocaust Historical Fiction #1 in Children’s Holocaust Historical Fiction Books #11 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
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