The Book Thief
552 pages
|Published: 1 Sep 2005
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ISBN: 9780375831003
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date: 1 January 2006
Description
Narrated by Death, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she discovers something she can't resist--books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever they are to be found.
With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel 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.
Markus Zusak, award winning author of I Am the Messenger, has crafted an unforgettable novel about the ability of books to feed the soul.
(front flap)
With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel 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.
Markus Zusak, award winning author of I Am the Messenger, has crafted an unforgettable novel about the ability of books to feed the soul.
(front flap)
